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Meanings of transvestite in English

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transvestit

Someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.

transvestit

Receiving sexual gratification from wearing clothing of the opposite sex.

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Usage of transvestite in English
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He was probably the hairiest transvestite ever to wear a garter belt.
Four to score
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Twenty years on, however, a thriving transvestite scene remains largely underground.
Independent.ie
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Being a gay transvestite in Israel's minority Arab community is almost unheard of.
Reuters
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A depressed, seasonal affective disordered pseudo-transvestite with every emotional and physical ailment going.
Feminist dot com
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Phyllis Ryan, above: has plans for a play about a transvestite.
The Irish Times
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Check out the nightlife from the girlie bars to puppet and transvestite shows.
The South African
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Suddenly, every transvestite, transsexual, and supersexual had some kind of weapon in their hand.
Hell to pay
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The venue hosted 'TV dinners' and transvestite customers were welcome.
Independent.ie
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He might have been a transvestite, I thought, but I kept that to myself.
Moon Over Soho
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Shake noticed that the turbaned transvestite was holding a straight razor in one hand.
Gutshot straight
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One made me out to be an ultra-nationalist gay transvestite.
The Guardian
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How could they without incriminating themselves by admitting to being in a transvestite club?
The brush-off: a hair-raising mystery
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The transvestite she had grown fond of waved as she got into the cab.
Amazing grace
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The shoulder pads in her dark blue pantsuit made her look like a transvestite.
While galileo preys
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The term transvestite covers a broad spectrum of men, lifestyles, family circumstances, professions and trades.
Independent.ie
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A sizeable proportion of the transvestite community in Ireland consists of straight men, many married.
Independent.ie
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