- transgender
- or transgendered adjective Date: 1979 having personal characteristics (as transsexuality or transvestism) that transcend traditional gender boundaries and corresponding sexual norms
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transgender — 1. adjective /tɹanzˈdʒɛndə/ Pertaining to someone who does not identify with conventional categories of male or female, but combines elements of both or moves between the two; sometimes used as a general, inclusive term, and sometimes as… … Wiktionary
transgender — trans|gen|der [trænzˈdʒendə US trænsˈdʒendər] n [U] a general word for people who feel that they belong to the other sex, and not the sex they were born with, and who express this in their sexual behaviour →↑transsexual ▪ the transgender… … Dictionary of contemporary English
transgender — /trans jen deuhr, tranz / n. 1. a person appearing or attempting to be a member of the opposite sex, as a transsexual or habitual cross dresser. adj. Also, transgendered 2. of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transgenders: the transgender… … Universalium
transgender — soc trans•gen•der [[t]trænsˈdʒɛn dər, trænz [/t]] n. 1) a person appearing or attempting to be a member of the opposite sex, as a transsexual or habitual cross dresser 2) of, pertaining to, or characteristic of transgenders: the transgender… … From formal English to slang
