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adjective

Lesbian adj.

Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

Amatory; erotic; in allusion to the reputed sensuality of the Lesbian people and literature; as, Lesbian novels. (archaic)

Homosexual; applied to female homosexuals.

noun

Lesbian n. A female homosexual.

Synonyms: dyke(vulgar, deprecatory).

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Etymology of 'Lesbian'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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— Uarda • Georg Ebers

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— The Roman Traitor (Vol. 1 of 2) • Henry William Herbert

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— The Child of Pleasure • Gabriele D'Annunzio

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— The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry • Horace

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— The Lion's Brood • Duffield Osborne

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