LESBIAN
\lˈɛsbi͡ən], \lˈɛsbiən], \l_ˈɛ_s_b_iə_n]\
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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.
By Thomas Davidson
By Sir Augustus Henry
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