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transgendering

transgendering is the present participle and gerund of transgender.

Meaning of transgender

Verb

transgender (third-person singular simple present transgenders, present participle transgendering, simple past and past participle transgendered)

  1. (offensive, often, transitive, uncommon) To change the gender of (someone).
    • […] and one that is still dominated by male nominees, women nominees might be seen as either contributing to the regendering, or the transgendering, of the Cabinet.
      […]
      This chapter examines women secretaries-designate in terms of their contributions to regendering or transgendering a cabinet...2005, Sue Tolleson-Rinehart, Jyl J. Josephson, Gender and American Politics, →ISBN, pages 15 and 205
  2. (broadly, offensive, often, transitive, uncommon) To change the sex of (someone).

See all 12 meanings of transgender

Questions about transgendering

What is transgendering the present participle and gerund of?
Transgendering is the present participle and gerund of transgender.

Words near transgendering in the dictionary

  1. transgenderdom
  2. transgendered
  3. transgenderedness
  4. transgendereds
  5. transgenderhood
  6. transgendering
  7. transgenderisation
  8. transgenderise
  9. transgenderised
  10. transgenderises
  11. transgenderising

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