lesbian Definition

lesbian
noun

1. A woman who is sexually attracted to other women.

adj

1. For, relating to or referring to lesbians. See also lez. Compare dyke.

Derivative: lesbianism
noun

Etymology: 19c: from Lesbos, Aegean island and home in the 7c bc of the Greek poetess Sappho, whose work explores themes of love, jealousy and hate as they relate to women and not, as is widely supposed, homosexual relations between women.