"sworn virgin" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sworn virgins [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} sworn virgin (plural sworn virgins)
  1. A person, assigned female at birth, who adopts a traditional masculine third-gender or transmasculine role in the Balkans, wearing masculine clothing and performing masculine tasks, and traditionally swearing a vow of chastity. Categories (topical): Transgender Translations (person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans): burrneshë (Albanian), virgjineshë (Albanian), virgjëreshë (Albanian), virgjna (Albanian), geschworene Jungfrau [feminine] (German), Schwurjungfrau [feminine, rare] (German), vergine giurata [feminine] (Italian), тобѐлија [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), мушко̀бања [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), вирџина [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), остајница [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), цура (Kuči) [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), tobèlija [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), muškòbanja [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), virdžina [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), ostajnica [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), cȕra (Kuči) [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian)
    Sense id: en-sworn_virgin-en-noun-8Air~hFD Disambiguation of Transgender: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 83 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'person who has a masculine third-gender role in the Balkans': 95 5
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see sworn, virgin. Categories (topical): People Related terms: two-spirit, transgender, non-binary, genderqueer
    Sense id: en-sworn_virgin-en-noun-VzEPde3G Disambiguation of People: 40 60

Inflected forms

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