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,
-
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
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
There are pieces along those lines in the show as well, like a stark image of a male cross-dresser in back-seamed stockings by the artist Ulay, who Ms. Bedeaux said was “a gender pioneer.”
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2019
It can mean a cross-dresser who identifies as a woman when she’s “in femme”—dressed like a woman—and as a man when he’s not.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 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
Scarlett uses her professional name at work to avoid outing her spouse, who is a cross-dresser.
From Slate ● Mar. 29, 2019
She may have had a lesbian relationship, and she committed the decidedly revolutionary act of abetting the elopement of two friends, one of them a cross-dresser who insisted on taking a man’s name.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
