Noun
sapphist (plural sapphists)
A lesbian.
Sapphist (plural Sapphists)
An admirer or student of Sappho or her poetry.
Castle, p. 390. Both Lister and Eleanor Butler were considered masculine by contemporary news reports, and though there were suspicions that these relationships were sapphist in nature, they were nonetheless praised in literature. Source: Internet
The adjective "sapphic", and the related "sapphist", "sapphism" etc. all also come from Sappho. Source: Internet
The terms lesbian, invert and homosexual were interchangeable with sapphist and sapphism around the turn of the 20th century. Source: Internet