Gayelle

name, noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An informal stage or arena, as for cockfighting or stickfighting. Caribbean, Trinidad-and-Tobago

    "And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle..."

  2. 2
    A lesbian. neologism, nonstandard, rare

    ""By choosing gayelle, the feminine factors in “the equation of who is gay and who is not” can reassert their interest in the word gay, as well as, assert a displeasure for the word lesbian," the website reads."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name.

Synonyms

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daughter of sapphogay womanlesbiansapphist

Example

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"And that time Bolo is coming through the village to the gayelle..."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Spanish gallera (“cockfight arena”).

Etymology 2

From gay + French -elle (“feminine suffix”).

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