transvestite
IPA: trænzvˈɛstaɪt
noun
- 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 personal choice.
- (clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
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Examples of "transvestite" in Sentences
- For the night I was known as a transvestite named Elijah, due to my very manly voice.
- Actually, it's worse than that because the Japanese transvestite is now leading Whitman by seven points in the polls.
- Bonnie also said: "When the term transvestite is applied to a virtual environment, however, it takes on a different meaning."
- I had used the word transvestite and Glasgow in the post because one of the housemates was errrr... a transvestite from Glasgow.
- Morrison has said in at least one interview that the song has nothing to do with any kind of transvestite - at least as far as he knows, he is quick to add - but that's bullshit.
- I watched an episode of PBS “Nature” the other day about how so called transvestite male cuttlefish, since they mimic females, managed to be more reproductively successful than the ordinary males.
- I've been bullied my entire life for not looking a certain way, especially because of who my sisters are and how they look — and he's the one writing 'transvestite' over my face or 'fugly' over my body.
- With a hint of a Québécois accent and impeccable French on the occasions he pulls it out, Gareth Potter carves out a strong, central performance as the title transvestite, who is really four layers of character pancaked on top of each other.
- He got his way in other instances, too: though the censors made only a mild fuss about the toilet, there was a much bigger one about the graphic nature of Marion's murder and the use of the word "transvestite" during the shrink's closing monologue.
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