"cross-dresser" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkɹɒsˌdɹɛ.sə/ [UK], /ˈkɹɔsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ [US], /ˌkɹɔsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ [US], /ˈkɹɑsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ [cot-caught-merger], /ˌkɹɑsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-cross-dresser.wav [US] Forms: cross-dressers [plural]
Etymology: cross-dress + -er Etymology templates: {{suf|en|cross-dress|er|id2=agent noun}} cross-dress + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} cross-dresser (plural cross-dressers)
  1. A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex. Categories (topical): Crossdressing, People Synonyms: x-dresser, CD, CDer, XD (english: abbreviated forms), transvestite (english: pejorative or clinical), crossdresser, xdresser [abbreviation] Related terms: cross-dress, cross-dressing Translations (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite): травестит (travestit) [masculine] (Bulgarian), xochihua (Classical Nahuatl), transvestanto (Esperanto), ristiinpukeutuja (Finnish), travesti [masculine] (French), travelo [masculine] (French), transvestitus [masculine] (Latin), transvestitor [masculine] (Latin), transvestitrix [feminine] (Latin), transvestitrum [neuter] (Latin), травести́т (travestít) [masculine] (Macedonian), transwestyta [masculine] (Polish), transwestytka [feminine] (Polish), travestit [masculine] (Romanian), кроссдре́ссер (krossdrésser) [masculine] (Russian), travesti [feminine, masculine] (Spanish)

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