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trans male

trans male adjective: male and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.

Adjective

trans male (not comparable)

  1. Male and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.
    • His [Carson's] vlogs offer another representation of trans male identity than the representation that dominates on YouTube; thus, his self-presentation is much more feminized and ambiguous than what is typically enacted and claimed among other medically transitioning trans male vloggers2016, Tobias Raun, Out Online: Trans Self-Representation and Community Building on YouTube, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
  2. (derogatory, offensive) Transgender female.

Noun

trans male (plural trans males)

  1. (rare) A trans man or trans boy.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:trans male.

Forms of trans male

Adjective
alternative formtrans-male
alternative formtransmale
Noun
pluraltrans males

Origin of trans male

From trans + male.

Questions about trans male

What does trans male mean?
Trans male means male and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.
What part of speech is trans male?
Trans male can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near trans male in the dictionary

  1. trans girls
  2. trans guy
  3. trans guys
  4. trans lesbian
  5. trans lesbians
  6. trans male
  7. trans males
  8. trans man
  9. trans men
  10. trans panic
  11. trans panic defense

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