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Fairy

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Noun

1. faerie, faery, fairy, fay, sprite

a small being, human in form, playful and having magical powers

2. fag, faggot, fagot, fairy, nance, pansy, poof, poove, pouf, queen, queer

offensive term for an openly homosexual man

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Fairy

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nounWord forms: plural fairies
1. 
an imaginary supernatural being, usually represented in diminutive human form and characterized as clever, playful, and having magical powers
2. slang, offensive
a male homosexual
3.  away with the fairies
adjective (prenominal)
4. 
of or relating to a fairy or fairies
5. 
resembling a fairy or fairies, esp in being enchanted or delicate

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Fairy

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nounWord forms: plural ˈfairies
1. 
an imaginary being usually in human form and supposed to have magic powers, specif. one that is tiny, graceful, and delicate
2.  Slang
a male homosexual
term of contempt or derision
adjective
3. 
of fairies
4. 
fairylike; graceful; delicate

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Fairy

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n. pl. fair·ies
1. An imaginary being in human form, depicted as clever, mischievous, and possessing magical powers.
2. Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a gay man.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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