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How to use transvestite in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Transvestite means 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. Example: “Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite.”

Examples of transvestite by meaning

nounA person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who...

  • Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite.
  • Now, we already know that Gerald Hadleigh was a transvestite or a transsexual, whatever the term is.1998 March 29, Anthony Horowitz et al., “Written in Blood”, in Midsomer Murders

nounAn animal that engages in sexual mimicry.

  • 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

More sentences with transvestite

  • For if a transvestite wanted to be female all the time, he would be a transsexualist.1992, John Oulton Wisdom, Freud, Women and Society, page 80. From the entry transsexualist
  • 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
  • The staff were used to playing host to royalty and world leaders at 10 Downing Street, not a little girl, a transvestite tramp, and his dog.2009 October 29, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Mr Stink, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN. From the entry play host to
  • Similarly, there will be all sorts of individuals among trans-people too: we are not represented by transsexuals only, there are transvestites, transgenders, genderblenders, postgenders etc. in our midst.2001, Jan Wickman, Transgender politics: the construction and deconstruction of binary gender in the Finnish transgender community, page 204. From the entry postgender

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.

Full definition of transvestite

Questions about transvestite in a sentence

How do you use transvestite in a sentence?
Transvestite is used as a noun. For example: “Even though Steven used to dress up in his sister's clothes, it still came as a surprise he ended up as a transvestite.”
What is a short sentence with transvestite?
“Baudelaire is uninterested in boy-girls or transvestites.”
What does transvestite mean?
Transvestite means 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.

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