What does lesbian mean?
Definitions for lesbian
ˈlɛz bi ənles·bian
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Princeton's WordNet
lesbian, tribade, gay womannoun
a female homosexual
Lesbianadjective
a resident of Lesbos
lesbian, sapphicadjective
of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
GCIDE
Lesbianadjective
Homosexual; -- applied to female homosexuals.
Wiktionary
lesbiannoun
A homosexual female, a female who is sexually or romantically attracted to other females.
lesbianadjective
Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.
She is lesbian.
lesbianadjective
Homosexual, specifically between two women.
lesbianadjective
Intended for lesbians.
We're going to a lesbian bar tonight.
Lesbiannoun
An inhabitant of Lesbos
Lesbiannoun
A homosexual woman.
Lesbianadjective
Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.
She is lesbian.
Lesbianadjective
(used of women) Homosexual.
Etymology: From Lesbius + adjective suffix -an, from Latin adjective suffix -anus, -ana. The sense of ‘homosexual’ is a reference to Sappho, a famous Lesbian and lesbian poet.
Webster Dictionary
Lesbianadjective
of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago
Freebase
Lesbian
Lesbian is the term most widely used in the English language to describe sexual and romantic attraction between females. The word may be used as a noun, to refer to women who identify themselves or who are characterized by others as having the primary attribute of female homosexuality, or as an adjective, to describe characteristics of an object or activity related to female same-sex attraction. "Lesbian" as a concept, used to differentiate women with a shared sexual orientation, is a 20th-century construct. Throughout history, women have not had the same freedom or independence to pursue homosexual relationships as men, but neither have they met the same harsh punishment as homosexual men in some societies. Instead, lesbian relationships have often been regarded as harmless and incomparable to heterosexual ones unless the participants attempted to assert privileges traditionally enjoyed by men. As a result, little in history has been documented to give an accurate description of how female homosexuality has been expressed. When early sexologists in the late 19th century began to categorize and describe homosexual behavior, hampered by a lack of knowledge about the female homosexuality or women's sexuality, they distinguished lesbians as women who did not adhere to female gender roles and incorrectly designated them mentally ill - a designation which has been reversed in the global scientific community.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Lesbian
les′bi-an, adj. pertaining to the island of Lesbos in the Ægean Sea, and the adjoining part of the coast of Asia Minor, together forming Æolis, the home of a famous school of lyric poets, including Alcæus and Sappho: amatory, erotic.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of lesbian in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of lesbian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of lesbian in a Sentence
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist, the peace activist, the young, the old, the lesbian, the gay and the disabled make up the American quilt.
I never wanted to be the lesbian actress, i never wanted to be the spokesperson for the gay community. Ever. I did it for my own truth.
I’ve weighed the cost and I ’m prepared to go to jail, I sure am, this has never been a gay or lesbian issue for me. This is about upholding the word of God.
I urge all Canadians to take time today to honour the Indigenous women, girls and Two Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning, intersex and asexual (2SLGBTQQIA+) people who are missing or have been murdered, we offer support to the families and communities who bear the grief of their loss and to the survivors whose lives have been forever changed.
What the referendum did was gave permission to allow conversations to take place in places where it hadn't happened before: working class areas, rural areas. It allowed LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) issues to come out of the closet.
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- lesbiër, lesbiërs, lesbiesAfrikaans
- سحاقي, ليزبيان, سحاقية, مثليهArabic
- lezbiyenAzerbaijani
- лесбійскі, лесбія́нкаBelarusian
- лесби́йка, лесбийскиBulgarian
- লেসবিয়ানBengali
- lesbianBreton
- lesbiana, lesbiàCatalan, Valencian
- lesbička, lesbickýCzech
- lesbiadWelsh
- lesbiskDanish
- Lesbe, lesbisch, Lesben-, LesbierinGerman
- λεσβία, λεσβιακόςGreek
- samseksemulinoEsperanto
- lesbianaSpanish
- lesbiEstonian
- lesbianaBasque
- لزبینPersian
- lesbolainen, lesboFinnish
- lesbiskFaroese
- lesbienne, lesbien, gouineFrench
- leispiachIrish
- leasbachScottish Gaelic
- לֶסבִּיתHebrew
- लेस्बियन, समलैंगिकHindi
- leszbikus, leszbia, leszbosziHungarian
- լեսբուհիArmenian
- lesbianaInterlingua
- lesbianIndonesian
- lesbíaIcelandic
- lesbica, lesbicoItalian
- レズビアン, レズ, 同性愛の女性Japanese
- ლესბიელიGeorgian
- лесбиянка, лесбиянKazakh
- ស្ដ្រីដែលប្រតិព័ទ្ធស្ដ្រីដូចគ្នា, ស្ត្រីស្រឡាញ់ស្ត្រីដូចគ្នាKhmer
- ಸಲಿಂಗಕಾಮಿKannada
- 레즈비언Korean
- лесбиянка, лесбиянKyrgyz
- tribas, LesbiaciLatin
- Lesb, lesbeschLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ຜູ້ຍິງຮັກຜູ້ຍິງLao
- lesbietėLithuanian
- lesbieteLatvian
- лезбејски, ле́збејкаMacedonian
- лесбиянMongolian
- lesbjanMaltese
- lesbiskNorwegian
- lesbo, lesbisch, lesbi, lesbienneDutch
- lesbeNorwegian
- lesbijka, lesbijski, lesbijkiPolish
- sapatão, lésbica, lésbicoPortuguese
- lesbiană, lesbiRomanian
- лесбийский, лесбия́нка, лесбиянский, ле́сби, лесбиянкаRussian
- lesbaNorthern Sami
- лезбийка, лезбејка, lezbijka, лезбејски, lezbejski, lezbejkaSerbo-Croatian
- lesbický, lesbička, lesbaSlovak
- lezbijka, lezbičniSlovene
- lesboAlbanian
- flata, lesbiskSwedish
- shogaSwahili
- லெஸ்பியன்Tamil
- లెస్బియన్Telugu
- หญิงรักร่วมเพศ, เลสเบี้ยนThai
- lezbiýanka, lezbiýanTurkmen
- lesbiyana, tomboy, tiboTagalog
- lezbiyenTurkish
- лесбія́нка, лесбійський, лесбі́йкаUkrainian
- لسبینUrdu
- lesbiankaUzbek
- לעזביאנקעYiddish
- 女同性恋Chinese
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