cross-dresser

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cross-dresser

/ˈkɹɒsˌdɹɛ.sə/ UK
/ˈkɹɔsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ US
/ˌkɹɔsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ US
/ˈkɹɑsˌdɹɛ.sɚ/ cot caught merger
/ˌkɹɑsˈdɹɛ.sɚ/ cot caught merger, dated

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From cross-dress + -er.

noun cross-dressers · crossdresser · xdresser

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
Similar: x-dresser, CD, CDer, XD, transvestite

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noun person who wears clothing considered appropriate only for the opposite sex — see also transvestite

Español	travesti, travestí, travestido, travestista, transvesti, trasvesti
Português	travesti
Français	travesti, travelo
Română	travestit
Русский	кроссдре́ссер krossdrésser

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@misc{cross_dresser_2026,
  title = {cross-dresser},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/cross-dresser},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}