transvestite
noun
trans·ves·tite
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Definition of transvestite
: a person who wears clothes designed for the opposite sex : a cross-dresser
An older term for crossdresser is transvestite. Crossdressers often dress only in certain situations. They do not usually identify as transgender—most identify as straight men.— Laura Erickson-Schroth
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Other Words from transvestite
transvestism
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or less commonly transvestitism \ tran(t)s-ˈve-ˌsti-ˌti-zəm
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or less commonly transvestitism \ tran(t)s-ˈve-ˌsti-ˌti-zəm
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noun
transvestite
adjective
Examples of transvestite in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
First, Johnson and Rivera were transvestites, not transgender (a term that appeared only later). — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, "The Overreach of LGBTQ Activism," 5 July 2019 In the '80s, Hunter experienced a strange career revival of sorts when the eccentric indie filmmaker John Waters cast him in a couple of projects opposite the transvestite performer Divine, and the films became cult classics. — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, "'Awards Chatter' Podcast — Remembering Tab Hunter," 11 July 2018 Jesus Christ, Harriet Tubman and a transvestite fairy are all involved in the mystery thriller, opening March 1. — Sarah Bahr, Indianapolis Star, "Steve Martin musical, Edgar Allen Poe highlight new Phoenix Theatre season," 9 July 2018 She could just as easily be called, in the language of the later twentieth century, a fetishistic transvestite, a lesbian, a latent transsexual or a hermaphrodite. — Longreads, "The Roaring Girls of Queer London," 8 May 2018 Beatniks, transvestites and obvious homosexuals are conspicuously absent. — Jeet Heer, The New Republic, "Charles Murray Is a Marketing Genius," 11 Apr. 2018 My friend Paul Salopek produced dozens of investigative stories, about abuses by the border patrol, the inhalant epidemic, the lives of transvestite prostitutes in Juarez. — Steve Almond, Longreads, "My Own ‘Bad Story’: I Thought Journalism Would Make a Hero of Me," 3 Apr. 2018 Allegedly, the rest of the band along with models and transvestites attended a party in the bar’s basement, waiting to be called to set, but never were. — Morgan Enos, Billboard, "Before Taylor Swift's 'Delicate,' These 10 Songs Had More Than One Music Video," 30 Mar. 2018 Hailed as a passable lookalike for Sean Penn, the easygoing dude immediately catches the eye of world-weary transvestite proprietor Deusimar (Yuri Yamamoto). — Neil Young, The Hollywood Reporter, "'My Own Private Hell' ('Inferninho'): Film Review | Rotterdam 2018," 31 Jan. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'transvestite.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for transvestite
transvestite
noun
English Language Learners Definition of transvestite
: a person who likes to dress like a person of the opposite sex
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