Homo - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Homo :  (noun)
1: someone who practices homosexuality; having a sexual attraction to persons of the same sex [syn: homosexual, gay]
2: any living or extinct member of the family Hominidae [syn: man, human being, human]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Homo- \Ho"mo-\ A combining form from Gr. "omo`s, one and the same, common, joint.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

HOMO. This Latin word, in its most enlarged sense, includes both man and woman. 2 Inst. 45. Vide Man.

Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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