{
    "term": "lesbian",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "sexually or romantically attracted to other women; connected with lesbians",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the lesbian and gay community"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lesbian relationship/couple"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a lesbian wedding"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The singer has become a lesbian icon."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["People in society"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlezbiən/",
                "audio": "le/lesbian/lesbian__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈlezbiən/",
                "audio": "le/lesbian/lesbian__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 19th cent.: via Latin from Greek Lesbios, from Lesbos, home of Sappho, who expressed affection for women in her poetry, + -ian."
}