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uranist en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈjʊəɹənɪst/

Etymology

From uranism.

Meanings

  1. (archaic) A homosexual.
    • I discussed Soviet movies with expatriates. I sat with uranists in the Deux Magots. I published tortuous essays in obscure journals. 1955, Vladimir Nabokov, Lolita:
    • Though harmless and gentle he would have been described as a Greek or a Uranist by the exquisites of Cambridge, or as a Nancy Dawson by everyone else. 1974, Michael Tyler-Whittle, Bertie, page 250:

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Relateds

uranistic · uranism

Translations (3)

ru урани́ст (uranist) · ru урани́стка (uranist) · fr uraniste (uranist)