From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), adjective
1. Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
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]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), noun a female homosexual.
Syn: dyke[vulgar, deprecatory]. [PJC]
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
adjective
1: of female homosexuality [syn: {sapphic}]
noun
1: a female homosexual [syn: {tribade}, {gay woman}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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