lesbian

   a female homosexual

   The poetess Sappho lived on the island:

    It was commonly rumoured that Tanya was a Lesbian. (Bradbury, 1959)

   Lesbianism is female homosexuality:

    I practised Lesbianism, which was certainly sterile. (F. Harris, 1925)

   and the adjectival form is lesbic:

    ... the perverse intertwining of two figures in lesbic passion, (ibid.)

   You may sometimes hear the corruptions lez, lezzer, or lizzie:

    She would not screw. I wondered if she was a closet lez. (Sanders, 1977)

— Ah, she's nice though. She says I have the right kind o' nipples. — Lezzer. (R. Doyle, 1990)

   To get into Mortimer's outfit you have to be a lizzie or a drunk or an Irishwoman. (Manning, 1978 — the outfit was the First

   Aid Nursing Yeomanry, or FANY, whose members were commonly referred to as fannies)