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transvestite

noun

trans·ves·titetran(t)s-ˈve-ˌstīt How to pronounce transvestite (audio)

tranz-

plural transvestites

dated, often offensive

:a person who wears clothes designed for the opposite sex:across-dresser

transvestism

tran(t)s-ˈve-ˌsti-zəm How to pronounce transvestite (audio)

noun

or less commonlytransvestitism

tran(t)s-ˈve-ˌsti-ˌti-zəm How to pronounce transvestite (audio)

dated, often offensive

transvestiteadjectivedated, often offensive

Examples oftransvestite in a Sentence

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So this character, whether explicitly trans or not, is coded as a transsexual,transvestite.—

Marley Gotterer,Them., 18 Sep. 2025Both pieces were inspired by rumors that Williams ended their affair upon learning Chandler was atransvestite.—

Jordan Riefe,The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Jan. 2023When a fairground sets up outside her window in a Southern Italian town 15-year-old Benedetta meets Armando, aka Amanda, a youngtransvestitewho runs the carousel and sells drugs.—

Nick Vivarelli,Variety, 13 Feb. 2022Porter in his work always flaunts thetransvestiteand transsexual issues that now preoccupy woke Hollywood.—

Armond White,National Review, 15 Sep. 2021Both Moore and Moxley were cast as modern-day incarnations of the latetransvestite(terminology used then) and gay activist.—

Roxanne Robinson,Forbes, 21 June 2021The show pulls heavily from the run of psychedelic writer Grant Morrison, such as including Danny the Street, a sentient,transvestitestretch of roadway.—

Trevor Fraser,orlandosentinel.com, 11 Aug. 2020More than half of those were againsttransvestite, transsexual and transgender women, according to the National Observatory of LGBT Hate Crimes.—

NBC News, 20 Mar. 2020