Sapphist

noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A lesbian.
  2. 2
    An admirer or student of Sappho or her poetry.

Etymology

Etymology 1

From sapphic + -ist, by analogy with Sapphist (“admirer or student of Sappho”).

Etymology 2

From Sappho + -ist.

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