English

Noun

gay blade ‎(plural gay blades)

1. (obsolete) A dashing swordsman.
2. (dated) A dashing youth.
3. (colloquial, dated) A gay person, or person displaying homosexual qualities.

Quotations

• 1941 Jonathan Daniels - Tar Heels: A Portrait of North Carolina

  At college he was a gay blade who played the guitar or one of the instruments for the accompaniment of song.