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tribades

tribades is the plural of tribade.

Meaning of tribade

Noun

tribade (plural tribades)

  1. A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.
    • Go, cramp dull Mars, light Venus, when he snorts, / Or with thy tribade trine invent new sports; / Thou, nor thy looseness with my making sorts.a. 1637, Ben Jonson, Præludium

Questions about tribades

What is tribades the plural of?
Tribades is the plural of tribade.

Words near tribades in the dictionary

  1. triazos
  2. triazoxide
  3. trib
  4. trib.
  5. tribade
  6. tribades
  7. tribadic
  8. tribadies
  9. tribadism
  10. tribadist
  11. tribadistic

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