homosexual
adjective
sexually attracted to people of one's own sex or gender; gay.
homosexuals
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pluralof homosexual.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The high court voted 8-3 to extend the protections of an existing law prohibiting racial discrimination in hiring, housing and public access to homosexuals and transgender people.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 8, 2026
The vast majority were Jews, with Soviet prisoners of war, Sinti and homosexuals among other groups to be engulfed by the horrors of the camp.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2025
“It is simplistic to presume,” they wrote dryly, “that when homosexuals become Christian, they automatically become heterosexuals.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 30, 2024
Cohabiting homosexuals also can be permitted to be wedding witnesses, according to the document.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 9, 2023
They told him that there could be no Earthling babies without male homosexuals.
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
