cross-dressing
noun
the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
cross-dresser
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a word derived from
cross-dressing.
cross-dresser,
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a variation of
crossdresser.
crossdressernouna person who dresses in clothing typically worn by members of a different gender.
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On her TikTok profile, she described herself as “the number one Abuja cross-dresser and queen of the street”.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
The tipoff about the ceremony came during police interrogation on Aug. 27 of a male cross-dresser, who was dressed as a female, Delta police spokesman Edafe Bright said in a statement late on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
I thought it was interesting to understand through Betsy what it was for a traditional American family to have a father as a cross-dresser and probably a transgender person.
From New York Times ● Jun. 27, 2023
We worked on finding that black pea, and it was decided that I must be a cross-dresser, as I enjoyed wearing women’s clothing.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
Dear Prudence, As a recreational cross-dresser, I’m increasingly feeling like I want to transition, which would make me trans and a lesbian.
From Slate ● Mar. 30, 2019
On her TikTok profile, she described herself as “the number one Abuja cross-dresser and queen of the street”.
From BBC ● Aug. 9, 2024
The tipoff about the ceremony came during police interrogation on Aug. 27 of a male cross-dresser, who was dressed as a female, Delta police spokesman Edafe Bright said in a statement late on Tuesday.
From Reuters ● Aug. 30, 2023
I stammered and started to cry as I tried to admit that I was a cross-dresser.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2021
Sitting on an examining table, meet RAYON, a cross-dresser in his early 30s, in long eyelashes, earrings, painted nails with a pink scarf tied around a full brown curly wig.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2018
Manning confided to no one what she was increasingly coming to understand: that she wasn’t gay, wasn’t a cross-dresser.
From New York Times ● Jun. 12, 2017
