For Women Attracted to Women

Amy-john

Androdyke (Short for "androgynous dyke")

Bagbaru (Zande African term referring to either of two women in a lesbian marriage in which one woman assumed the role of "husband" and the other that of "wife")

Bull (Short for "bulldyke")

Bull bitch ("Variant of "bulldyke")

Bulldagger (Variant of "bulldyke," especially popular in the 1920s)

B.D. (Short for Bulldagger)

Bulldyke (A very masculine dyke)

Charlie

Cofeminator

Collar-and-tie

Dagger (Short for "bulldagger," but without the "bull" it doesn't necessarily imply masculinity)

Dandysette

Daughter of Bilitis

Derrick

Diesel dyke (A very masculine dyke)

Dike

Dutch girl

Dyke

Dykeosaurus (Often implies a very butch gender presentation)

Etelle (French for "and she"; invented by Eve Shalom)

Fairy lady

Fellow

Fluff

Gal officer

Gaychick

Gay lady

Goose girl

Goudou

Gougnotte

Grousse

Grrrl

Harpy

Jasper

King (Female counterpart to a Queen)

Lady-lover

Lemon

Lemonade

Les-be-friends

Lesbian

Lesbianka

Lesbica

Lesbo

Lesbyterian

Leslie

Lezz

Lezzie

Lezzo

Lipstick butch (A lesbian with a feminine appearance and a masculine personality)

Lipstick lesbian

Lizzie

Mandyke (A very masculine dyke)

Manflora

Maricona

Muffet

Nadleehi asdzaan (Navajo Native American word)

Polone-omi (A term from Polari, the language developed by gay men in various parts of England during the era when gay sex was illegal, in order to communicate with each other with less risk of being caught. "Poloni" means "woman" and "omi" means "man." Taken together in this order, they mean "lesbian.")

Pantonaluda

Poppa

Raleigh bike

Ruffle

Sappho

Sapphist

Sergeant

Sistagirl

Slacks

Tinkerbell

Tom

Tommy

Tootsie

Tribade

Tribadist

Truck dyke

Uraniad (English translation of "Urningin" below)

Urningin (Invented by Karl Heinrich Ulrichs in the mid-19th century; means "a woman who loves women because she has the soul of a man")

Vot

Vrille

Warme Schwester

Wasaga (Mombasa African word referring to the "dominant . . . older and wealthier" partner in a lesbian relationship, according to Gary Bowen's Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women.)

Wasagaji (Zanzibar African word)

Wicker

Woman-identified woman (Used by lesbian-feminists in the 1970s to de-emphasize the importance of sex in defining lesbianism)

Woman-loving woman

Womyn-identified womyn

Womyn-loving womyn

Yaika bonsango (Nkundo African word meaning "a woman who presses up against another woman")

Zami (African-American word for "lesbian"; popularized by Audre Lorde in her autobiography Zami: A New Spelling of My Name)

 

See also: For people attracted to the same sex

For people attracted to women

And on the Sexuality.org website, see: "A Dictionary of Words for Masculine Women" by Gary Bowen, from which several of the words listed here (especially the foreign-language ones) are taken.

Abodi? Absolute invert? AC/DC? Ace-deuce? Adhesive lover? Adventurous heterosexual? Agfay? Agule? Aionolit? Alice? All-rounder? 'Almah? AM/FM? Amative lover? Amazon? Ambidextrous? Ambigendered? Ambisextrous? Ambisexual? Amy-john? Androdyke? Androdyke? Androgyne? Androgynophile? Androgynosexual? Androgynotrope? Androminetophile? Androphile? Androsexual? Androtrope? Angel? Angel food? Angelina? Antiman? Antiwoman? Apache? Arenotelicon? Asexual? Aspiring queer? Aunt Fancy? Auntie Em? Autosexual? B.B.? B.D.? Bade? Badger? Bag? Bagbaru? Basement transvestite? Basha? Battle axe? Batty-boy? Bear? Beldame? Bender? Bent? Berdache? Betty? Bi? Biaxial? Bi-bi baby? Bicameral? Bicha? Bicoastal? Bicycle? Bifunctional? Bigendered? Bilingual? Bimodal? Binomial? Bipe? Biped? Bisensual? Bisexual? Bitch? Bivalent? Bivariate? Bizonal? Bog queen? Boi? Boigl? Bona? Bone smuggler? Boong-moll? Boretto-man? Boy toker? Breeder? Brilliant? Brother-girl? Bruce? Brumaiwi? Brunser? Budli-budli? Buffarilla? Bufty? Bufu? Bulgar? Bulgarian? Bull? Bull bitch? Bull? Bull bitch? Bulldagger? Bulldyke? Bulldyke? Buller? Bunny boy? Butch dyke? Butch grrl? Buttercup? Butterfly boy? Buyazi? Byke? Califia? Capon? Cat? Catamite? Catcher? CD? Cha-cha queen? Charlie? Charlie? Charlotte Ann? Cheerful? Chichi? Chichifo? Chick with dick? Chubby Chaser? Church mouse? Clear? Clone? Closet queen? Clotheshorse? Cofeminator? Collar-and-tie? Comasculator? Congenital invert? Contingent invert? Contrarysexual? Cotquean? Coyote? Cream puff? Creatively gendered? Creatively sexual? Crooked? Cross-dresser? Cuilón? Culero? Curved? Daffodil? Dagger? Daisy? Daisy Duck? Dandy? Dandysette? Dash? Daughter of Bilitis? Derrick? Deviate? Diesel dyke? Diesel dyke? Dike? Dike-nwami? Dioning? Dioningin? Double-jointed? Double-life woman? Double-life man? Drag monarch? Drag queen? Drag butch? Drag king? Drinker from both taps? Duck? Ducky? Ducky? Dunt? Dutch girl? Dyke? Dyke tyke? Dykeosaurus? Dyna? Eerquay? Effie? Ego-dystonic heterosexual? Ego-dystonic homosexual? Elxa? Eonist? Epanga? Ephebophile? Epicene? Equal Opportunity Lover? Etelle? Ethel? Evirationist? Ex-gay? Ex-man? Ex-straight? Ex-woman? F2M? Faddle? Faerie? Fag hag? Fag? Faggot? Fagola? Faigelah? Fairy lady? Fairy? Faka fafini? False transvestite? Family member? Fancy man? Fantail? Faygele? Feigele? Fellow? Female impersonator? Fembo? Feminine impersonator? Feminosexual? Fence-sitter? Finocchio? Flamer? Flaming? Flexible? Flip? Flip-flop? Flit? Flower? Fluff? Fluff? Folle? Foop? Freak? Fribble? Friend of Dorothy's? Frocio? Fruit? Fruit for monkeys? Fruit loop? Fruit plate? Fruitcake? Fruiter? Fruit-fly? FTM? Funny? Gal officer? Galboy? Ganymede? Gay? Gay lady? Gay caballero? Gaybert? Gaycat? Gaychick? Gayola? Gear? Gender dysphoric? Gender euphoric ? Gender outlaw? Gender refusenik? Gender transgressor? Gender trash? Gender variant? Genderbender? Genderbender? Genderbreaker? Genderfree? Genderfucker? Genderqueer? Gentlemiss? Ghoti? Gillette blade? Gina la salsa? Ginger? Ginger beer?

Girlboy? Girljock? Gladys? Goluboy? Gonsel? Goose girl? Goudou? Gougnotte? Greedy? Greek? Green and yellow fellow ? Grim? Grousse? Grrrl? Guevedoche? Gump? Gunzel? Gussie? Gynander? Gynandroid? Gynandromorph? Gynominetophile? Gynophile? Gynosexual? Gynotrope? Hairy fairy? Hairy Mary? Haja? Half-and-half? Handbag boy? Happy? Haricot? Harpy? Hasie? Hatshepsut? Hawk? He Hwa? Heemaneh? Heesh? He-female? Hen? Hen-hussy? Hesexual? He-she? Hem? Hermaphrodite? Hesh? Het? Hetero? Heteroeroticist? Heterogendered? Heterophile? Heterosensual? Heterosexual? Heterosexualist? Heterospiritual? Heterotrope? Heterovestite? Himmer? Hock? Hollywood hustler? Hom? Hommasse? Homo? Homoeroticist? Homogendered? Homophile? Homosensual? Homosexual? Homosexualist? Homospiritual? Homotrope? Homovestite? Hormosexual? Horse's hoof? Hoyden? Huckle? Humangendered? Humansexual? Hundert-funf-und-siebziger? Hwami? Indiscriminate? Indorser? Invert? Invertebrate? Iron? Iron hoof? Isangoma? Isoeroticist? Isophile? Isophyl? Isosexual? It? Jasper? Jessie? Jesuit? Jocker? Joey? John-and-John? Jota? Joto? Juicy fruit? Kamp? Kathoey? Katsotse? Khanith? Ki-ki? King? King Lear? Kinsey six? Kinsey zero? Kinsey three? Kitesha? Knick-knack? Kokwima? Ko'lhamana? Korophile? Koskalaka? Kurami? Kwe'rhaame? Kwol-aatmo? Lacy lad? Lad-lass? Ladyboy? Lady-lover? Latent heterosexual? Latent homosexual? Latent? Lavender? Lavender cowboy? Lemon? Lemonade? Les-be-friends? Lesbian? Lesbianka? Lesbica? Lesbo? Lesbyterian? Leslie? Lezz? Lezzie? Lezzo? Lhamana? Light in the loafers? Lightfoot? Lily? Lipstick butch? Lipstick lesbian? Lizzie? Lollipop? Lumberjack? M2F? M2W? Machera? Macho? Madge-cove? Madge-cull? Makaho? Male impersonator? Malkin? Mama man? Mampala? Mandrake? Mandyke? Mandyke? Manflora? Manhole inspector? Man-identified woman? Man-identified man? Man-lover? Man-loving woman? Man-loving man? Margery? Maricon? Maricona? Mariposa? Mariquita? Mars bar? Mary? Mary Ann? Masculine impersonator? Masculosexual? Maud? May tag? Mayate? Meacock? Member of the choir? Member of the club? Member of the family? Member of the team? Member of the union? Metagendered? Metaphysical? Metasensual? Metasexual? Mietje? Milquetoast? Min? Mince? Minny? Mintie? Minty? Miss It? Miss Thing? Moe? Moffie? Moffie? Mole? Moll? Molly? Molly-mop? Monarch? Moonlighter? Morphodyte? Mo-tho? Moumoune? Mouse? MTF? MTW? Muffet? Multifactorial? Multifunctional? Multigendered? Multilateral? Multilayered? Multilingual? Multimedia? Multinomial? Multipotentiate? Multisensual? Multisexual? Multispectral? Multistage? Multiuser? Multivalent? Multivariate? Mundane? Muscle moll? Muscle Mary? Musical? Muskobanja? Mutarajjulat? Mzili? Nadleehi asdzaan? Nance? Nancy boy? Neither Arthur nor Martha? Nellie? Nervous? Neutrois? Ngochane? Nice enough? Ninauposkitzipspe? No name? Nonconformist? Nondiscriminating? Nondiscriminatory? Nongendered? Non-heterosexual? Non-op transsexual? Nonsexual? Not picky? Ntalha? Nudger? Omi-polone? Omnisexual? One of those? One of us? Open-minded? Oscar? Pandaka? Pangendered?

Pansexual? Pansy? Pantonaluda? Pato? Pédale? Person? Pineapple? Pirujo? Pitcher? Pixie? Platonist? Plugs in both ways? Poggler? Political lesbian? Polone-omi? Polychrome? Polygendered? Polymorph? Polymorphous pervert? Polyphasic? Polysensual? Polysexual? PoMogendered? PoMosexual? Ponce? Poof? Poofter? Poove? Poppa? Posestra? Powder puff? Pre-gay? Pretty-boy? Princess? Psychological hermaphrodite? Psychosexual hermaphrodite? Puff? Punk? Pure silk? Purple? Quaggot? Queen Kong? Queen? Queer? Queer straight? Queer to the queer? Queerer? Quester? Questioner? Questioning? Quiff? Quince? Rabbit? Raleigh bike? Recast? Repressed? Rice queen? Ripe fruit? Rough trade? Royalty? Ruffle? S/he? Sad? Sakwo'mapi akikiwan? Salmacian? Salzikrum? Same Gendered Lover? Sapphist? Sappho? Sarasa? Schwuchtel? Scrat? Screaming queen? Self-owner? Senp'aa? Sergeant? Sexual invert? Sexual outlaw? Sexual disorienter? Sexually disoriented? Sexually independent? Shandy? Shapeshifter? She'chorne? Sheena? Sheep-herder? She-male? Shesexual? Shih-niang? Shim? Shinjuku boy? Shirtlifter? Shiva? Shunter? Sie? Similisexual? Similitrope? Similitrope? Sis? Sissy-boy? Sistagirl? Sister? Sister-boy? Situational heterosexual? Situational homosexual? Situationally sexual? Six? Skippy? Slacks? So? Soapy? Sod? Sodomite? Soft? Song-and-dance? Spiritual hermaphrodite? Spurge? Stoke-on-Trent? Stone butch? Straight? Straight-dresser? Stuffer? Sweet? Sweetie? Swings both ways? Swish? Switch hitter? T*? Taikwahni wa'ippe'? Taikwahni tainnapa'? Takarazuka? Tante? Team player? Teapot? Techno-winkte? Teen queen? Temperamental? TG? Third sex? Thon? Three? Three-dollar bill? Tidda? Tinkerbell? Tom? Tomboy? Tommy? Tommy? Tonk? Tootsie? Tortillero? Tourist? Town shift? Tranny? Trannyboy? Trannychick? Trannydude? Trannyfag? Trannygirl? Trannyguy? Trannyhawk? Trans? Transcatcher? Transcendent? Transchap? Transchaser? Transdame? Transdamsel? Transdude? Transdyke? Transexual? Transfag? Transfan? Transfellow? Transgal? Transgendered? Transgenderist? Transgentleman? Transguy? Transhag? Translady? Transman? Transsexual? Transsexualist? Transvestite? Transwoman? Tribade? Tribadist? Triss? Trizz? Truck dyke? Tryke? Trysexual? TS? Turk? Tutti-frutti? TV? Twink? Twinkie? Twixter? Two-spirit? Ubhatobyanjanaka? Uelscratta? Undercover man? Unhappy? Unman? Unpredictable? Unwoman? Uphill gardener? Uraniad? Uranian? Uranodioning? Uranodioningin? Urning? Urningin? Usher? Variant? Versatile? Vertebrate? Viado? Virago? Vot? Vrille? W2M? Waeponwifestre? Waffle? Wakashu? Walevi? Warhameh? Warharmi? Warme Schwester? Warmer Brüder? Wasaga? Wasagaji? Weekend warrior? Wicker? Wikami? Winkte? Winkte winyan? Wiya numpa? Wizbit? Wobo? Wolf? Woman-identified woman? Woman-lover? Woman-loving woman? Woman-loving man? Womyn-identified womyn? Womyn-loving womyn? Wonk? Woodworker? Woofter? Woolly-woofter? Wor sitabane? WTM? Xanith? X-dresser? XDR? Yaika bonsango? Yin-yang? Yonic man? Yo-yo? Zami? Zero? Zwischenstufer?

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