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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024les•bi•an /ˈlɛzbiən/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a female homosexual.
les•bi•an•ism, n. [uncountable] Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: lesbian /ˈlɛzbɪən/ n - a female homosexual
adj - of or characteristic of lesbians
Etymology: 19th Century: from the homosexuality attributed to Sapphoˈlesbianism n Les•bi•an (lez′bē ən),USA pronunciation adj. - Place Namesof or pertaining to Lesbos.
- Medicine(usually l.c.) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of female homosexuality.
- (usually l.c.) erotic;
sensual.
n. - Place Namesan inhabitant of Lesbos.
- Medicine(usually l.c.) a female homosexual.
- Greek Lésbios, equivalent. to Lésb(os) Lesbos + -ios adjective, adjectival suffix) + -an; (defs. 2, 5) alluding to the poet Sappho of Lesbos, whose verse deals largely with her emotional relationships with other women
- Latin Lesbi(us) Lesbian (
- 1595–1605
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