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transperson

transperson is the alternative form of trans person.

Meaning of trans person

Noun

trans person (plural trans persons or trans people)

  1. A transgender or transsexual person.
    • Perhaps the most surprising and controversial issue to emerge was that of "transpeople." Transpeople, as defined by the highly articulate Houston based Transpeople Caucus are "transexuals, transgenderists, transvestites, drag queens, and female impersonators." Phyllis Frye, a transgenderist from...1979 September/October, “The March Is On!”, in The Lesbian Tide, volume 9, number 2, Los Angeles: Tide Publications, page 12, column 3
    Antonyms:
    cis person

Forms of transperson

pluraltranspersons
pluraltranspeople

Questions about transperson

What is transperson the alternative form of?
Transperson is the alternative form of trans person.

Words near transperson in the dictionary

  1. transperineally
  2. transperipheral
  3. transperitoneal
  4. transperitoneally
  5. transpermeability
  6. transperson
  7. transpersonal
  8. transpersonally
  9. transpersons
  10. transpharyngeal
  11. transphenoid

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