lesbian

4 definitions found

lesbian - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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 - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  lesbian
      adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by homosexual
             relations between woman [syn: lesbian, sapphic]
      n 1: a female homosexual [syn: lesbian, tribade, gay woman
           ]
      2: a resident of Lesbos

lesbian - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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