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Definition of homosexual noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

homosexual

noun
 
/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/,
 
/ˌhɒməˈsekʃuəl/
 
/ˌhəʊməˈsekʃuəl/
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  1. a person, usually a man, who is sexually or romantically attracted to people of the same sex compare bisexual, gay, heterosexual, lesbianTopics People in societyc1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • practising/​practicing
    • closet
    • closeted
    • …
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    Word Originlate 19th cent.: from homo- ‘same’ + sexual.
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