faggot

UK: /ˈfægət/ US: /ˈfægət/ ,(fag′ət)

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fag•got² /ˈfægət/   n. [countable]

1. Slang Terms (disparaging and offensive). a male homosexual.

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fag•got¹  (fag′ət), n. [Brit.]

1. British Terms fagot.

fag•got²  (fag′ət), n. 

1. Slang Terms (disparaging and offensive). a male homosexual.

• compare faggot a contemptuous term for a woman (from ca. 1590), perh. the same word as fagot 1910–15, American.

fag′got•y, fag′got•ty, adj. 

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faggot, fagot / ˈfæɡət/ noun

1. a bundle of sticks or twigs, esp when bound together and used as fuel
2. a bundle of iron bars, esp a box formed by four pieces of wrought iron and filled with scrap to be forged into wrought iron
3. a ball of chopped meat, usually pork liver, bound with herbs and bread and eaten fried

verb (transitive)

1. to collect into a bundle or bundles
2. to do faggoting on (a garment, piece of cloth, etc)

Etymology: 14th Century: from Old French, perhaps from Greek phakelos bundle

faggot / ˈfæɡət/ noun

1. a homosexual man

Etymology: 20th Century: special use of faggot¹

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

fag•ot  (fag′ət), n. 

1. a bundle of sticks, twigs, or branches bound together and used as fuel, a fascine, a torch, etc.
2. a bundle;
   bunch.
3. Metallurgy a bundle of pieces of iron or steel to be welded, hammered, or rolled together at high temperature.
4. Food See bouquet garni. 

v.t. 

5. to bind or make into a fagot.
6. to ornament with fagoting.

Also,[Brit.,] faggot. 

• Anglo-French, Old French; of obscure origin, originally
• Middle English 1250–1300

fag′ot•er, n.