Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who practises sapphism.
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- noun A
lesbian .
Etymologies
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Examples
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What I find transgressive about "Christabel" is the way in which it treads upon the fine line of external appearance that separates the gender-bending sapphist from the virtuous friend.
'Put to the Blush': Romantic Irregularities and Sapphic Tropes 2006
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Lanser writes of "the fine line of external appearance that separates the gender-bending sapphist from the virtuous friend," I wonder about two things.
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And Eleanor's reputation as a "sapphist" may be overstated given the number of little Roosevelt that she pumped out until she caught Franklin in an affair one of many - there was a reason that action figure looked a bit obscene.
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Naturally, I was appalled to discover that Knog's entire product line is simply a cheap ruse to smuggle sapphist erotica into America.
Conspiracy By Mail: The Hidden Dangers of Online Bicycle Retail BikeSnobNYC 2009
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"the gender-bending sapphist" on the one hand and the virtuous female friends of the early modern and
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"But there are also many words, like lesbian and sapphist, that are linked to orientation and gender object choice (i.e. Proud 2B Bi (213 posts) on March 3, 2009 - 7: 22pm.
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