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transvestite
noun as in (sometimes derogatory) person who dresses, acts, like another gender
Strong match
Example Sentences
I am not gay, I am not straight, I am not a drag queen, I am not a transvestite, I am Jackie.”
“Each position will be occupied by the best, most capable person, be it a man, a woman, a transvestite or anything else.”
Jacquard, a 35-year-old father of three, came prepared with statistics and an argument against what he called “transvestite story hour,” using a term many now consider offensive.
“I saw many transvestites in their high heels, make-up and lovely dresses,” she once wrote.
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."
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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