LESBIAN


Meaning of LESBIAN in English

n. & adj.

n. a homosexual woman.

adj. 1 of homosexuality in women. 2 (Lesbian) of Lesbos. lesbianism n.

[ L Lesbius f. Gk Lesbios f. Lesbos, island in the Aegean Sea, home of Sappho (see SAPPHIC) ]

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