trans male

or trans-male, trans·male

[ trans-meyl, tranz‐ ]

/ ˈtrænsˈmeɪl, ˈtrænz‐ /

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noun

a person who was assigned female at birth but whose gender identity is male.

adjective

noting or relating to such an individual: a trans-male teenager.

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Origin of trans male

First recorded in 2005–10

Words nearby trans male

translucidus, translumenal , transluminal, translunar, translunary, trans male, trans man, transmarine, transmasculine, transmembrane, transmethylase

How to use trans male in a sentence

In 2011 LGBT media outlet Queerty took the app to task for allegedly deleting accounts that made reference to being trans.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
“I think for trans men who are dating every time they hook up they have another coming out,” Sandler said.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
The digital dating sphere can prove tricky, and bruising, for the trans user.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Like many trans users, Transartist often gets used as a source of information more than anything else.
Grindr’s Trans Dating Problem|David Levesley|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST

The breakdown of the 114th Congress is 80 percent white, 80 percent male, and 92 percent Christian.
The Unbearable Whiteness of Congress|Dean Obeidallah|January 8, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Now what should college give the young citizen, male or female, upon the foundation of schooling we have already sketched out?
The Salvaging Of Civilisation|H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
Are you quite sure you have never suffered from this rather common disorder, gentle reader, at least, if you be of the male sex?
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
In these rooms male and female alike were confined, at one time to the number of fifteen; each being allowed 3d.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
What she meant neither the Reverend John Dodd, or any other male person, could ever truly know.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3)|Charles James Wills
When Yung Pak ate his meals, he sat upon a rug on the floor with his father and such male guests as might be in the house.
Our Little Korean Cousin|H. Lee M. Pike