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daughters of Sappho

daughters of Sappho is the plural of daughter of Sappho.

Meaning of daughter of Sappho

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

Questions about daughters of Sappho

What is daughters of Sappho the plural of?
Daughters of Sappho is the plural of daughter of Sappho.

Words near daughters of Sappho in the dictionary

  1. daughters of bitches
  2. daughters of Eve
  3. daughters of God
  4. daughters of joy
  5. Daughters of Mary
  6. daughters of Sappho
  7. daughters of the desert
  8. daughters of the manse
  9. daughters out
  10. daughters-in-law
  11. daughters-out-law

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