cross-dresser en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈkɹɔsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ (US)
- /ˈkɹɒsˌdɹɛ.sə/ (UK)
- /ˌkɹɔsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ (US)
- /ˈkɹɑsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ (cot-caught-merger)
- (US) audio
- /ˌkɹɑsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ (cot-caught-merger, dated)
Etymology
From cross-dress + -er.
Meanings
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A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.
For the buildings John uses plastic sheeting employed in the window banners of a particular ladies' clothing chain. [...] I asked John if the sales assistants in those shops thought he was odd, walking in and asking for bits of plastic. 'What you've got to remember,' he said, 'is that they get a lot of cross-dressers going in there, so I'm not that weird in comparison.'
2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 268:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| xdresser | alternative | lexicographic | |
| crossdresser | alternative | lexicographic | |
| cross-dressers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Descendants
Relateds
Synonyms
transvestite · CDer · CD · x-dresser · XD
Translations (20)
es travestista (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · ru кроссдре́ссер (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es transvesti (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es trasvesti (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · bg травестит (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es travesti (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es trasvestista (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · eo transvestanto (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · fr travelo (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es travestí (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · nci xochihua (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · ro travestit (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · pl transwestytka (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · mk травести́т (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · nl travestiet (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · es travestido (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · fr travesti (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · pt travesti (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · fi ristiinpukeutuja (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite) · pl transwestyta (person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite)