noun / adjective
lesbian
LEZ-bee-uhn/lˈɛzbiʌn/
A woman romantically or sexually attracted to women.
She is a lesbian and lives with her wife.
Etymology
Lesbios meant “of Lesbos,” the island home of Sappho, whose love poetry embraced women as well as men. Her association with love between women gave the geographical term its modern personal meaning.
In context
but to me butch lesbian is females loving females women loving women
More examples
- The novel follows two lesbian women who fall in love.
- Several lesbians in our town organize a monthly book club.
- My sister came out as a lesbian last year.
Forms
lesbian · lesbians
lesbianism noun — Romantic or sexual attraction between women.
Similar words
- gay
- Describes same-gender attraction in women or men, often men.
- homosexual
- Refers to same-sex attraction in any gender; sounds more clinical.