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aggressives

aggressives is the plural of aggressive.

Meaning of aggressive

Noun

aggressive (plural aggressives)

  1. One who is aggressive.
  2. (US, Black lesbian slang) A (Black) woman who presents as masculine; a butch.
    • [...]; usually the femme is the ho [at the costume party], and the butch/aggressive is the pimp. [...] An aggressive is a masculine-identified woman like the category of butch; aggressive is the contemporary term among younger masculine-identified women.2012 February 1, Siobhan Brooks, Unequal Desires: Race and Erotic Capital in the Stripping Industry, State University of New York Press, →ISBN, page 110

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Questions about aggressives

What is aggressives the plural of?
Aggressives is the plural of aggressive.

Words near aggressives in the dictionary

  1. aggressive
  2. aggressive mimicry
  3. aggressively
  4. aggressiveness
  5. aggressivenesses
  6. aggressives
  7. aggressivism
  8. aggressivist
  9. aggressivists
  10. aggressivities
  11. aggressivity

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