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daughter of Sappho

daughter of Sappho noun: a homosexual woman.

Noun

daughter of Sappho (plural daughters of Sappho)

  1. A homosexual woman.
    • Traces of the answer, I submit, are to be discerned in all writings by the daughters of Sappho or the descendents^([sic]) of the tenth muse—Yourcenar, Paglia, Mehta, Patkar, et al. Women want what most men will never admit that they also want — women want to know what it is to belong to another sex.2002, Rukmini Bhaya Nair, Lying on the Postcolonial Couch: The Idea of Indifference, page 216

Synonyms of daughter of Sappho

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Forms of daughter of Sappho

pluraldaughters of Sappho

Questions about daughter of Sappho

What does daughter of Sappho mean?
Daughter of Sappho means a homosexual woman.
What part of speech is daughter of Sappho?
Daughter of Sappho is a noun.
What is the plural of daughter of Sappho?
The plural of daughter of Sappho is daughters of Sappho.

Words near daughter of Sappho in the dictionary

  1. daughter of a bitch
  2. daughter of Eve
  3. daughter of God
  4. daughter of joy
  5. Daughter of Mary
  6. daughter of Sappho
  7. daughter of the desert
  8. daughter of the manse
  9. daughter out
  10. daughter sauce
  11. daughter sauces

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