"lesdar" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈlɛzdɑɹ/ [General-American] Forms: lesdars [plural]
Etymology: les (“lesbian”) + -dar Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|les|dar|t1=lesbian}} les (“lesbian”) + -dar Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} lesdar (countable and uncountable, plural lesdars)
  1. The supposed ability to detect whether or not a person is lesbian by observing that person. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): LGBT Synonyms: dykedar Hypernyms: gaydar, queerdar

Inflected forms

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