Plural of transvestite

Forms of transvestite

Transvestites in a sentence

• The "transvestite" males, according to Thornhill, have an advantage over the other males because they have others do the hunting for them, leaving the "transvestites" more time to reproduce.1979 August 18, “Get A Grip On The Food”, in Gay Community News, volume 7, number 5, page 2
• I suspected most of the culprits to be transvestites.2005, Jeff Metzger, Cubicle Cowboy, page 168. From the entry grabbing
• Baudelaire is uninterested in boy-girls or transvestites.1990, Camille Paglia, Sexual Personae. From the entry boy-girl
• Pseudo-hermaphrodites or other intersexes are not to be confused with transsexualists; transvestites may be transsexualists, but not necessarily.1970, Sexology, volume 37, page 26. From the entry intersex
• Likewise, by the particular form of their "drag" they trivialize those transpersons (transsexuals and transvestites) who cross-dress out of a genuine need of their self-identity.1982 April 10, Mikhael Iktin, “Over-indulgence”, in Gay Community News, page 4. From the entry transperson

Meaning of transvestite

1. noun A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
2. noun A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
3. noun An animal that engages in sexual mimicry.

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Questions about the plural of transvestite

What is the plural of transvestite?

The plural of transvestite is transvestites.

Is transvestite countable?

Transvestite is a countable noun.