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nounˈlɛzbɪənˈlɛzbiən A homosexual woman. Example sentencesExamples - In a few decades people will look at the bigotry against gays and lesbians as medieval.
- She came out publicly as a lesbian in 2010.
- She believes that her achievement as an out lesbian will encourage other applicants for the scholarship to come out.
- He was raised by lesbians and identifies as a cis heterosexual male.
- In the article she touched on the lack of African-American lesbians who have come out.
- As a lesbian I want marriage equality in my home state of California.
- It's encouraging that the right is less hostile to gays and lesbians than it used to be.
- He urged gay men and lesbians to make their voices heard.
- I would have to ask whether you actually know any gay men or lesbians, and if so whether you have had this discussion with them.
- The debate has given rise to some soul-searching about how gays and lesbians are treated in this affluent, tightknit community.
- He knew she was a self-identified lesbian.
Synonyms homosexual woman, gay woman rare tribade, invert informal les, lesbo, lezzy, butch, femme, dyke, bulldyke informal, derogatory rug muncher, carpet muncher West Indian zami
adjectiveˈlɛzbɪənˈlɛzbiən Relating to homosexual women or to homosexuality in women. Example sentencesExamples - The judgement came in a complex dispute over parental rights between three gay and lesbian civil partner couples.
- It shocks me that gay and lesbian relationships can still be such a divisive issue for so many people.
- She immersed herself in the lesbian community in which she lived at the time.
- The gay and lesbian community has had to undergo a significant adjustment.
- The civil unions law in Vermont has proved to be good news for gay and lesbian couples.
- How do you know that the two lesbian mothers are not going to be superb parents?
- She feels today's lesbian comedians aren't afraid to tell jokes without excluding a major part of their lives.
- She's bisexual and has had lesbian relationships.
- Non-traditional families are more common than you think: in my daughter's preschool class there are at least two lesbian couples.
- Massachusetts today became the first state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
- Donor insemination may also useful for single women and lesbian couples.
- Not all online travel companies embrace gay and lesbian travelers.
Synonyms homosexual, gay, lesbigay, GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgendered) rare tribadic informal les, lesbo, butch, lezzy, dykey informal, derogatory queer, bent
Origin Late 19th century: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian. Sappho was a Greek lyric poet of the early 7th century bc who lived on the Greek island of Lesbos (often now found in the Greek spelling Lesvos). Despite the fact that we know very little of her life, and that there is an unsupported tradition that she killed herself for love of a young man, the fragments of her poems also express her affection and admiration for women, and so people came to associate her with female homosexuality. In the late 19th century she inspired two descriptive terms, lesbian, from her island home of Lesbos, and sapphic.
adjectiveˈlɛzbɪənˈlɛzbiən From or relating to the island of Lesbos.
nounˈlezbēənˈlɛzbiən A homosexual woman. Example sentencesExamples - As a lesbian I want marriage equality in my home state of California.
- It's encouraging that the right is less hostile to gays and lesbians than it used to be.
- She came out publicly as a lesbian in 2010.
- He urged gay men and lesbians to make their voices heard.
- He was raised by lesbians and identifies as a cis heterosexual male.
- In the article she touched on the lack of African-American lesbians who have come out.
- He knew she was a self-identified lesbian.
- I would have to ask whether you actually know any gay men or lesbians, and if so whether you have had this discussion with them.
- The debate has given rise to some soul-searching about how gays and lesbians are treated in this affluent, tightknit community.
- She believes that her achievement as an out lesbian will encourage other applicants for the scholarship to come out.
- In a few decades people will look at the bigotry against gays and lesbians as medieval.
Synonyms homosexual woman, gay woman
adjectiveˈlezbēənˈlɛzbiən Relating to homosexual women or to homosexuality in women. Example sentencesExamples - She immersed herself in the lesbian community in which she lived at the time.
- The civil unions law in Vermont has proved to be good news for gay and lesbian couples.
- Non-traditional families are more common than you think: in my daughter's preschool class there are at least two lesbian couples.
- Massachusetts today became the first state to allow gay and lesbian couples to marry.
- She feels today's lesbian comedians aren't afraid to tell jokes without excluding a major part of their lives.
- The judgement came in a complex dispute over parental rights between three gay and lesbian civil partner couples.
- Donor insemination may also useful for single women and lesbian couples.
- Not all online travel companies embrace gay and lesbian travelers.
- She's bisexual and has had lesbian relationships.
- The gay and lesbian community has had to undergo a significant adjustment.
- How do you know that the two lesbian mothers are not going to be superb parents?
- It shocks me that gay and lesbian relationships can still be such a divisive issue for so many people.
Origin Late 19th century: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian. adjectiveˈlɛzbiənˈlezbēən From or relating to the island of Lesbos.
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