"nancy" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nancies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nancy (plural nancies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "nan‧cy"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Australian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "British English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Irish English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "New Zealand English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "LGBT",
          "orig": "en:LGBT",
          "parents": [
            "Sexuality",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Sex",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Reproduction",
            "Fundamental",
            "Life",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "derived": [
        {
          "word": "nancy up"
        },
        {
          "word": "nancyboy"
        },
        {
          "word": "nancy boy"
        },
        {
          "word": "nance"
        },
        {
          "word": "nancy pants"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An effeminate man, especially a homosexual."
      ],
      "id": "en-nancy-en-noun-UAThWMwv",
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "sense": "an effeminate man",
          "word": "mama's boy"
        },
        {
          "word": "pansy"
        },
        {
          "word": "sissy"
        },
        {
          "word": "effeminate man"
        },
        {
          "word": "omi-palone"
        },
        {
          "word": "male homosexual"
        },
        {
          "sense": "a homosexual",
          "word": "friend of Dorothy"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "US",
        "derogatory",
        "offensive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnænsi/"
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænsi"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nancy"
}

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "nancy up"
    },
    {
      "word": "nancyboy"
    },
    {
      "word": "nancy boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "nance"
    },
    {
      "word": "nancy pants"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Nancy, pet form of the female given names Agnes and Anne, under influence from earlier nan (“serving girl, maid; male homosexual”), itself from Nan, another pet form of the same names. Compare Mary.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nancies",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "nancy (plural nancies)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "nan‧cy"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Australian English",
        "British English",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English eponyms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English offensive terms",
        "English slang",
        "Irish English",
        "New Zealand English",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Rhymes:English/ænsi",
        "Rhymes:English/ænsi/2 syllables",
        "en:LGBT"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An effeminate man, especially a homosexual."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "effeminate",
          "effeminate"
        ],
        [
          "homosexual",
          "homosexual"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(British, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, US, derogatory, slang, offensive) An effeminate man, especially a homosexual."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Australia",
        "British",
        "Ireland",
        "New-Zealand",
        "US",
        "derogatory",
        "offensive",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈnænsi/"
    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ænsi"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "an effeminate man",
      "word": "mama's boy"
    },
    {
      "word": "pansy"
    },
    {
      "word": "sissy"
    },
    {
      "word": "effeminate man"
    },
    {
      "sense": "a homosexual",
      "word": "friend of Dorothy"
    },
    {
      "word": "omi-palone"
    },
    {
      "word": "male homosexual"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nancy"
}