lesbian
from
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]
from
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
48 Moby Thesaurus words for "lesbian":
AC-DC, amazon, amphierotic, androgyne, auntie, autoerotic, bi-guy,
bisexed, bisexual, bull dyke, butch, catamite, chicken, deviant,
dyke, effeminate, fag, faggot, fairy, femme, flit, fricatrice,
fruit, gay, gunsel, homo, homoerotic, homophile, homosexual,
homosexualist, hoyden, invert, mannish, nance, pansy, pathic,
perverted, punk, queen, queer, romp, sapphic, sapphist, tomboy,
transvestite, tribade, tribadistic, virago
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