queer
adjective
strange or odd from a conventional viewpoint; unusually different; singular.
queers
-
pluralof queer.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
“To the queers, to the Latin, to the immigrants, this is for you,” said Lacorazza, a Colombian American filmmaker whose film is set in Las Cruces, New Mexico.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 26, 2024
“My aim,” Otero writes in the intro, “is to portray queers of color as makers of history.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2023
They were lesbians, gays, queers, and gender-nonconforming people who had been the target of homophobic and transphobic speech and violence.
From Slate ● Sep. 26, 2023
An older bisexual character is something missing from television, where elder queers are few and far between.
From Salon ● Jan. 22, 2023
If you try it when you are strong, you make a failure of it, and then that queers you for ever after.
From The Jacket (Star-Rover) by Jack London
