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travesti

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Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.

noun travestis

A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman.

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"travesti." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/travesti. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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travesti. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/travesti

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"travesti." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/travesti.

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@misc{travesti_2026,
  title = {travesti},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/travesti},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}