lesbian
noun/ˈlezbiən/
/ˈlezbiən/
- a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women
- lesbians and gays
- She is a lesbian married to her partner, Anne.
Extra ExamplesTopics People in societyc1- She came out as a lesbian in her teens.
- She's an out lesbian.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- butch
- femme
- lipstick
- …
- come out as
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian.
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