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transvestite, n. and a.|trɑːnsˈvɛstaɪt, træns-, -nz-|
[ad. G. transvestit, f. L. trans trans- + vestīre to clothe: see -ite1.]
A. n. A person with an abnormal desire to wear the clothes of the opposite sex.
[1910M. Hirschfeld (title) Die Transvestiten.] 1922J. van Teslaar tr. Stekel's Bi-sexual Love ii. 69 Among the transvestites (personifiers) we find the most pronounced examples of marked homosexuality and stressed bi-sexuality. 1937Human Biol. IX. 501 The transvestite must attempt to duplicate the behavior-pattern of his adopted sex. 1964in W. H. Goodenough Explorations Cultural Anthropol. 490 The bate, male transvestites,..excelled women in butchering, tanning, and other domestic tasks. 1976Smythies & Corbett Psychiatry xi. 211 Transvestites wear the clothing of the opposite sex to obtain sexual gratification.
B. adj. Of or pertaining to transvestism or transvestites; of a person: who wears the clothes of the opposite sex.
1925A. L. Kroeber Handbk. Indians California xxxiii. 497 The transvestite sexual perverts recognized by all North American tribes. 1937Human Biol. IX. 501 An almost senile singer, said to be the last person to know the transvestite initiation songs. 1957Observer 29 Dec. 9/1 According to scholarship, the principal boy in our transvestite pantomimes is a Saturnalian hangover. 1971Times 16 Sept. 12/6 He moves as a suburban schoolmaster between the male aggression of his classroom and the frou-frou of his transvestite boudoir. |