mary

From Mary (“female name”). Compare nan and nancy.

mary (plural marys)

1. (chiefly US gay slang, usually capitalized) A male homosexual. [1925]
   • 1941, G. Legman, Sex Variants, Vol. II, p. 1171:

     Note also that male homosexuals will call most anyone Bessie or Mary, e.g. ‘Oh, Bessie, you're a camp!’

   • 1985, W. Dynes, Homolexis, p. 150:

     In America in the 1950s,... Mary was often used in the vocative to address any fellow homosexual (‘Well, Mary...’).

• See Thesaurus:male homosexual

• Army, Mayr, Myra, Yarm, army, yarm

• mari

mary m (plural marys)

1. husband

• French: mari

• IPA^(key): /ˈma.rɨ/

mary

1. inflection of mara:
   1. genitive singular
   2. nominative plural
   3. accusative plural
   4. vocative plural