Green’s Dictionary of Slang

Joan of Arc n.2

[punning ref. to faggot n.1 (3)/the faggots with which St Joan was burned]

(camp gay) an ostentatious, camping homosexual.

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[US]Maledicta IV:2 (Winter) 232: A person may be criticized for acting like a Joan of Arc (‘bring on the faggots’).