transvestite

[ trans-ves-tahyt, tranz- ]

noun

1. Psychiatry. a person, especially someone assigned male at birth, who assumes the dress and manner usually associated with a different gender.
2. Older Use: Often Offensive. crossdresser ( def ). : TV

adjective

1. Older Use: Often Offensive. being or relating to a person who wears clothing typically worn by members of a different gender.

transvestite

/ trænzˈvɛstaɪt /

noun

1. a person who seeks sexual pleasure from wearing clothes that are normally associated with the opposite sex
2. any cross-dresser See cross-dressing

transvestite

1. Someone who dresses in the clothes usually worn by the opposite sex. Transvestites may be bisexual, heterosexual, or homosexual ( see bisexuality , heterosexuality , and homosexuality ).

Derived Forms

• transˈvestism, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of transvestite¹

First recorded in 1925–30; from German Transvestit; transvestism, -ite ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of transvestite¹

C19: from German Transvestit , from trans- + Latin vestītus clothed, from vestīre to clothe