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  • noun Plural form of Lesbian.

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Examples

  • "In the United States, the "L" word means 'Lesbians' -- but it also means 'Less' rights."

    03/05/2006 2006

  • Because I'd already heard BareNakedLadies, I expect a band called Lesbians on Ecstasy to be a bunch of fat, white men, but - joy of joys!

    Can Canadians Ever Be Cool? Gordie 2008

  • Because I'd already heard BareNakedLadies, I expect a band called Lesbians on Ecstasy to be a bunch of fat, white men, but - joy of joys!

    Archive 2008-05-01 Gordie 2008

  • Banda saw an advertisement in a newspaper for a new organisation called Lesbians, Gays and Transgenders, or Legatra.

    Mail & Guardian Online 2009

  • In 1999, in an essay called Lesbians On Horseback, I'd slated both bisexuals and an even less committed group of woman I termed the

    Life and style | guardian.co.uk 2009

  • Savvy Sasha's claim to fame is appearing on RAW as one of the "Lesbians" in the famous "HLA Segment".

    Female Wrestler: Savvy Sacha ~~ Sabre ~~ 2007

  • Savvy Sasha's claim to fame is appearing on RAW as one of the "Lesbians" in the famous "HLA Segment".

    Archive 2007-03-01 ~~ Sabre ~~ 2007

  • The Chians and the Lesbians were the only members of Athens’ empire still contributing ships and men rather than money to the alliance.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • The Chians and the Lesbians were the only members of Athens’ empire still contributing ships and men rather than money to the alliance.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • 'Lesbians' were so named in the early eighteenth century, a century and more before the invention of the word 'homosexual', but the activities of women did not excite so much public emotion as those of men, and it was the new visibility of gay men which provoked periodic purges and moral panics in both cities -- no wonder the Societies for the Reformation of Manners were such urgent causes.

    NPR Topics: News 2010

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