"gay blade" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gay blades [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gay blade (plural gay blades)
  1. (obsolete) A dashing swordsman. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-gay_blade-en-noun-Cz~s7eXN Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49
  2. (dated) A dashing youth. Tags: dated Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-gay_blade-en-noun-QhfGeGPa Disambiguation of People: 44 56 Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 55 45 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 51 49

Inflected forms

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