transvestite

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A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or compulsion
receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex
A transvestite is a person, usually a man, who enjoys wearing clothes normally worn by people of the opposite sex. = cross-dresser. someone, especially a man, who enjoys dressing like a person of the opposite sex transsexual (transvestit, from vestire )
{i} person who gets sexual pleasure from dressing in the clothes of the opposite sex (often a homosexual or a transsexual)
someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
cross-dressing
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transvestites
plural of transvestite
transvestite

    Hyphenation

    trans·ves·tite

    Turkish pronunciation

    tränzvestayt

    Pronunciation

    /tranzˈvestīt/ /trænzˈvɛstaɪt/

    Etymology

    () trans- + vestite (root verb vesti meaning to clothe/dress, english example in the general word vestment or specific example vest)
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