- LESBIAN -

Lesbian

A woman who is sexually and romantically attracted to other women.

Female homosexual, named after the Aegian island, Lesbos, whence came the homosexual woman poet, Sappho, of ancient Greece. There is no corresponding eponym for a homosexual or gay male.

Synonyms:
bull-dagger, bull-dyke, butch, carpet muncher, diesel dyke, dyke, female homosexual, femme, gay women, lesbo, lez, lezzy, lezzies, lipstick, pitches for the other team