lez

[ lez ]

/ lɛz /

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noun, plural lez·zes.Slang: Extremely Disparaging and Offensive.

a contemptuous term used to refer to a lesbian.

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Origin of lez

By shortening and respelling

En tesmoynaunce de quel payment a ycestes endentur lez ptyes susditez entrechaungeablement ount mys lours sceals.
Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853|Various
On the other side of the level-crossing, leave on the right the badly damaged village of Auchy-lez-La-Basse.
Ypres and the Battles of Ypres|Unknown
"Ah gee, lez—oh, lez go down the lake and swipe some mushrats out of somebody's traps," Cy was yawning.
Main Street|Sinclair Lewis
Distributed from nurseries at Vilvorde-lez-Bruxelles, Bel., in 1859.
The Pears of New York|U. P. Hedrick

I found my company luxuriating at Auchy-lez-Hesdin, the most desirable village in the Blangy area.
A Company of Tanks|W. H. L. Watson