"gender bender" meaning in All languages combined

See gender bender on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-gender bender.ogg Forms: gender benders [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} gender bender (plural gender benders)
  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) A person who dresses in the clothes of another sex, or in clothes which make their gender identity ambiguous. Tags: colloquial, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-7UgEVE4- Categories (other): English rhyming compounds, Gender, LGBTQ Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 26 23 31 20 Disambiguation of Gender: 90 10 0 0 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 42 5 47 6
  2. (by extension) An event where people are encouraged to dress in the clothes of another sex, even if they would normally not. Tags: broadly Related terms: genderbending, genderbent, androgynous, gender changer
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-Ei9txzN3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English reduplications, English rhyming compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Fictional abilities, People, Stock characters Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 40 23 20 Disambiguation of English reduplications: 19 46 21 14 Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 26 23 31 20 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 13 54 21 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 65 15 11 Disambiguation of Fictional abilities: 10 72 9 10 Disambiguation of People: 30 70 0 0 Disambiguation of Stock characters: 8 75 9 8
  3. (fantasy) A person capable of changing their physical sex.
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-3QaGzKf3 Categories (other): Fantasy, English rhyming compounds, LGBTQ Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 26 23 31 20 Disambiguation of LGBTQ: 42 5 47 6 Topics: fantasy
  4. (fantasy) An instance of someone's physical sex being changed, usually via magic.
    Sense id: en-gender_bender-en-noun-lQFSDAal Categories (other): Fantasy, English rhyming compounds Disambiguation of English rhyming compounds: 26 23 31 20 Topics: fantasy

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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