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  • noun an admirer or student of Sappho of her poetry

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Examples

  • . . plus, wasn't she what Confidential used to call a, um, 'Sapphist'?

    When Legends Gather #258 2007

  • The Sapphist described in the text would procure an orgasm (in gloria, as the Italians call it) by biting and rolling over the girl she loved; but by loosening the trouser-string she evidently aims at a closer tribadism the Arab

    The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night 2006

  • There are a few people in fancy dress — a Queen Victoria, a Sapphist and two Generals Gordon.

    The Complete Stories Waugh, Evelyn 1998

  • Sapphist described in the text would procure an orgasm (in gloria, as the Italians call it) by biting and rolling over the girl she loved; but by loosening the trouser-string she evidently aims at a closer tribadism the Arab "Musáhikah."

    Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855

  • Because by our estimation, donut diddling would probably make her more like three-quarters lesbo, while a bit of titty rubbing would be closer to maybe fifteen percent Sapphist.

    CelebNewsWire 2008

  • We expect more from a Sapphist and a limey, honestly.

    Gawker 2008

  • We expect more from a Sapphist and a limey, honestly.

    Gawker 2008

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