"trans womyn" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: trans womyn [plural]
Etymology: From trans woman, with woman respelled womyn (see that entry). Etymology templates: {{m|en|trans woman}} trans woman, {{m|en|woman}} woman, {{m|en|womyn}} womyn Head templates: {{en-noun|trans womyn}} trans womyn (plural trans womyn)
  1. (rare) Feminist spelling of trans woman and trans women. Tags: rare Categories (topical): Feminism, Transgender Synonyms: transwomyn
    Sense id: en-trans_womyn-en-noun-6s0RYS2F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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          "ref": "2016 (originally published 2011), \"An Alleyway Tranarchist\", Lubing Up The Social War, in Queer Ultraviolence: Bashback! Anthology (Fray Baroque and Tegan Eanelli, eds.)",
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