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Lesbosian

Lesbosian noun: a native or inhabitant of Lesbos.

Noun

Lesbosian (countable and uncountable, plural Lesbosians)

  1. (countable) A native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
    Synonyms:
    Lesbian, Lesvian, Lesviot

Adjective

Lesbosian (comparative more Lesbosian, superlative most Lesbosian)

  1. Synonym of Lesbian (“Of or pertaining to the island of Lesbos.”).
    Synonyms:
    Lesbian

Synonyms of Lesbosian

Forms of Lesbosian

Noun
pluralLesbosians
Adjective
comparativemore Lesbosian
superlativemost Lesbosian

Origin of Lesbosian

From Ancient Greek Λέσβος (Lésbos) + adjective suffix -ian, irregularly retaining -os to avoid clashing in spoken language with lesbian.

Questions about Lesbosian

What does Lesbosian mean?
Lesbosian means a native or inhabitant of Lesbos.
What part of speech is Lesbosian?
Lesbosian can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of Lesbosian?
The plural of Lesbosian is Lesbosians.

Words near Lesbosian in the dictionary

  1. lesbophobia
  2. lesbophobic
  3. lesbos
  4. lesbosexual
  5. lesbosexuals
  6. Lesbosian
  7. lesboy
  8. lesbro
  9. lesbros
  10. lesbs
  11. Lesbury

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Lesbosian (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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