Tribade
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈtɹɪbəd/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tribade is a noun meaning A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.
Meaning
A woman who engages in sexual activity with another woman; a lesbian.
Example Sentences
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.
I roused Zero’s suspicions because I began to behave too much like a woman and he started to watch me warily for signs of the tribade. If he had spied any, or surprised me fingering any of his girls, he would have shot me.
A century later, however, homosexuality among English women seems to have been regarded by the French as common, and Bacchaumont[…] added: "Her taste for women will there find attractive satisfaction, for though Paris furnishes many tribades it is said that London is herein superior."
Word Forms
- tribades
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include tribady, femme, tryke, stemme, lesbo, stem.
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