gender bender

[ jen-der ben-der ]

noun
  1. Slang: Often Offensive. a person, as a crossdresser or transgender person, whose gender expression blurs differences between various sexual orientations and gender identities.

  2. something that challenges traditional societal norms related to gender: Women play all the roles in this gender bender of a play.

Origin of gender bender

1
First recorded in 1980–85

Other words from gender bender

  • gender-bending, adjective

Words Nearby gender bender

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How to use gender bender in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for gender-bender

gender-bender

noun
  1. informal a person who adopts an androgynous style of dress, hair, make-up, etc

  2. a male-male or female-female adaptor, used esp for computer hardware

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