transvestite
noun
a person, especially someone assigned male at birth, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with a different gender.
transvestites
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pluralof transvestite.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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In the 1930s, transgender people were called "transvestites," a term that is offensive today but at the time approximated what's now meant by "transgender."
From Salon ● Jun. 7, 2023
Remember that transvestites and gay street people are always on the front lines and are ready to lay their lives down for the movement.
From Slate ● Jun. 26, 2019
In May, Pakistan passed new legislation guaranteeing basic rights for its estimated 500,000 transgender citizens - including intersex people, transvestites and eunuchs - and banning discrimination against them.
From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2018
But that last night we would spend with Canadian comics, English transvestites, South African playwrights and, even, a friendly band of Scottish Quakers.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 15, 2016
Beardsley’s transvestites and hermaphrodites are still marvellous to look at, but the pleasure is considerably amplified when one notices his witty references to Botticelli, Dürer, even Holbein the Younger.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 14, 2016
