lesbian
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), a.
1. Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos,
now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
[1913 Webster]
2. Amatory; erotic; -- in allusion to the reputed sensuality
of the Lesbian people and literature; as, Lesbian novels.
[archaic]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Homosexual; -- applied to female homosexuals.
[PJC]
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), n.
A female homosexual.
Syn: dyke[vulgar, deprecatory]. [PJC]
lesbian
adj : of female homosexuality [syn: {sapphic}]
n 1: a female homosexual [syn: {tribade}, {gay woman}]
2: a resident of Lesbos
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "lesbian":
AC-DC, amazon, amphierotic, androgyne, auntie, autoerotic, bi-guy,
bisexed, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, deviant,
dyke, effeminate, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice,
fruit, gay, gunsel, homo, homoerotic, homophile, homosexual,
homosexualist, hoyden, invert, mannish, nance, pansy, pathic,
perverted, punk, queen, queer, romp, sapphic, sapphist, tomboy,
transvestite, tribade, tribadistic, virago
1. Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos,
now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
[1913 Webster]
2. Amatory; erotic; -- in allusion to the reputed sensuality
of the Lesbian people and literature; as, Lesbian novels.
[archaic]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
3. Homosexual; -- applied to female homosexuals.
[PJC]
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), n.
A female homosexual.
Syn: dyke[vulgar, deprecatory]. [PJC]
lesbian
adj : of female homosexuality [syn: {sapphic}]
n 1: a female homosexual [syn: {tribade}, {gay woman}]
2: a resident of Lesbos
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "lesbian":
AC-DC, amazon, amphierotic, androgyne, auntie, autoerotic, bi-guy,
bisexed, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, deviant,
dyke, effeminate, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice,
fruit, gay, gunsel, homo, homoerotic, homophile, homosexual,
homosexualist, hoyden, invert, mannish, nance, pansy, pathic,
perverted, punk, queen, queer, romp, sapphic, sapphist, tomboy,
transvestite, tribade, tribadistic, virago