Definition of lesbian Lesbian

/lɛˈzbiʌn/ - [lezbeeun] - Les•bi•an

We found 12 definitions of lesbian from 7 different sources.

What does lesbian mean?

WordNet

Noun Plural: lesbians
lesbian - a resident of Lesbos
		hellene, greek the Hellenic branch of the Indo-European family of languages
		lesbos, lesvos, mytilene an island of eastern Greece in the eastern Aegean Sea; in antiquity it was famous for lyric poetry
lesbian - a female homosexual
		tribade, gay woman
		gay, homophile, homosexual, homo someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex
Adjective lesbian, lesbianer, lesbianest
lesbian - of or relating to or characterized by homosexual relations between woman
		sapphic
		homosexual sexually attracted to members of your own sex

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Wiktionary

lesbian (Noun)
A homosexual female, a woman who is sexually or romantically attracted to other women.
lesbian (Adjective)
Homosexual; preferring female romantic or sexual partners.
lesbian (Adjective)
Homosexual, specifically between two women.
lesbian (Adjective)
Intended for lesbians.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

lesbian (a.)
Of or pertaining to the island anciently called Lesbos, now Mitylene, in the Grecian Archipelago.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

lesbian
A homosexual female.

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 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

Wikipedia

A lesbian is a homosexual woman. This means a woman who is sexually attracted to other women, and not to men.

The word lesbian comes from Lesbos (Λέσβος), an island in Greece. An ancient poet, Sappho, lived on Lesbos. Sappho wrote mostly poems about love. Many of her love poems are written to women. So her name and the island where she lived make people think about women who love women. Sometimes lesbians are also called "Sapphists" from the name Sappho.

Lesbians and feminism.

Lesbians were involved in the early feminist (A movement of women who wanted not to be treated below men) movement. Feminism is the political and social movements that promote women's equality and rights. However, there was conflict between lesbians and straight (heterosexual) women in the feminist movement. In the 1960s and 1970s some straight (women who like men) feminists wanted the lesbians out of the women's rights movement. They wanted feminism to be accepted by society. They believed lesbians were less accepted by society and might hurt the feminist movement.

Eventually, the women's rights movement accepted its lesbian members. Now many important feminist leaders are out (out means that they make it known that they are lesbians) lesbians.

Lesbians as parents.

Many lesbian couples want to have children. In order to raise children, they sometimes adopt. However some places do not allow homosexual couples to adopt children.

Some lesbian couples also have their own biological children. To do this the