transvestite
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
transvestite/tranzˈvestʌɪt/
▶noun a person, typically a man, who derives pleasure from dressing in clothes considered appropriate to the opposite sex.
– derivatives
transvestism noun,
transvestist noun (dated),
transvestitism noun.
transvestism noun,
transvestist noun (dated),
transvestitism noun.
– origin 1920s: from Ger. Transvestit, from L. trans- ‘across’ + vestire ‘clothe’.
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