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TRANSVESTITE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does transvestite mean?
• TRANSVESTITE (noun)
The noun TRANSVESTITE has 1 sense:
1. someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
Familiarity information: TRANSVESTITE used as a noun is very rare.
• TRANSVESTITE (adjective)
The adjective TRANSVESTITE has 1 sense:
1. receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
Familiarity information: TRANSVESTITE used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
cross-dresser; transvestite
Hypernyms ("transvestite" is a kind of...):
individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)
Derivation:
transvestic; transvestite (receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
Synonyms:
transvestic; transvestite
Derivation:
transvestite (someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex)
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