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LESBIAN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A resident of Lesbos
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lesbian" is a kind of...):
Greek; Hellene (a native or inhabitant of Greece)
Instance hyponyms:
Alcaeus (Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; reputed inventor of Alcaic verse (611-580 BC))
Sappho (the Greek lyric poet of Lesbos; much admired although only fragments of her poetry have been preserved (6th century BC))
Holonyms ("Lesbian" is a member of...):
Lesbos; Lesvos; Mytilene (an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A female homosexual
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("lesbian" is a kind of...):
gay; homo; homophile; homosexual (someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "lesbian"):
butch; dike; dyke ((slang) offensive term for a lesbian who is noticeably masculine)
Derivation:
lesbian (of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
Synonyms:
lesbian; sapphic
Classified under:
Similar:
homosexual (sexually attracted to members of your own sex)
Derivation:
lesbian (a female homosexual)
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