- (of a woman) sexually or romantically attracted to other women; connected with lesbians
- the lesbian and gay community
- a lesbian relationship/couple
- a lesbian wedding
- The singer has become a lesbian icon.
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian.Definitions on the go
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