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birth-assigned

birth-assigned adjective: assigned at birth.

Adjective

birth-assigned (not comparable)

  1. (typically LGBTQ) assigned at birth
    • For those unacquainted with trans people, it might seem that in the past decade there has been a huge rise in children expressing issues with their birth-assigned gender.August 24 2021, Shon Faye, “‘I feel like it’s quite shaky acceptance’: trans kids and the fight for inclusion”, in The Guardian

Questions about birth-assigned

What does birth-assigned mean?
Birth-assigned means assigned at birth.
What part of speech is birth-assigned?
Birth-assigned is an adjective.

Words near birth-assigned in the dictionary

  1. birth tourists
  2. birth tray
  3. birth trays
  4. birth weight
  5. birth weights
  6. birth-assigned
  7. birth-certificate
  8. birth-certificates
  9. birth-control glasses
  10. birth-day
  11. birth-days

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