[syn: lesbian, sapphic]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), a.
1. Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos,
now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.
[1913 Webster]
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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Lesbian \Les"bi*an\ (l[e^]z"b[i^]*an), n.
A female homosexual.
Syn: dyke[vulgar, deprecatory]. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
lesbian
adj 1: of or relating to or characterized by homosexual
relations between woman [syn: lesbian, sapphic]
n 1: a female homosexual [syn: lesbian, tribade, gay
woman]
2: a resident of Lesbos