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cross-dressers

US/ˈkɹɔsˌdɹɛ.sɚz/

cross-dressers is the plural of cross-dresser.

Meaning of cross-dresser

Noun

cross-dresser (plural cross-dressers)

  1. 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...2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 268
    Synonyms:
    x-dresser, CD, CDer, XD, transvestite

Questions about cross-dressers

What is cross-dressers the plural of?
Cross-dressers is the plural of cross-dresser.
How do you pronounce cross-dressers?
Cross-dressers is pronounced /ˈkɹɔsˌdɹɛ.sɚz/ (US).

Words near cross-dressers in the dictionary

  1. cross-divisions
  2. cross-docking
  3. cross-dress
  4. cross-dressed
  5. cross-dresser
  6. cross-dressers
  7. cross-dresses
  8. cross-dressing
  9. cross-exam
  10. cross-examed
  11. cross-examination

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