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transvestigator

Syllables: trans·ves·ti·ga·torUK/tɹænzˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)//tɹænzˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.təɹ/

transvestigator noun: a person who performs transvestigation; someone who routinely conducts or promotes informal investigations into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.

Noun

transvestigator (plural transvestigators)

  1. (Internet, conspiracy theories) A person who performs transvestigation; someone who routinely conducts or promotes informal investigations into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.
    • You gotta be kidding me. Transvestigators are wild. Here I am just tryna find some Anne Hathaway movies and I see this. [screenshot of a Google search in which the top "people also ask" result is "Was Anne Hathaway born a boy?"]2019 November 7, Devastated 24/7 (@roo_tea), Twitter
    • No you can't always tell. Of the trans women I've known who told me they were trans I certainly couldn't "tell" when I met them. And the transvestigators just suspect every cis woman.2020 August 10, Ann Coates (@setoacnna), Twitter

Forms of transvestigator

pluraltransvestigators

Origin of transvestigator

Blend of transgender + investigator.

Words that rhyme with transvestigator

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Questions about transvestigator

What does transvestigator mean?
Transvestigator means a person who performs transvestigation; someone who routinely conducts or promotes informal investigations into whether a public figure is secretly transgender, generally by analyzing that person's appearance and anatomical structure.
What part of speech is transvestigator?
Transvestigator is a noun.
How do you pronounce transvestigator?
Transvestigator is pronounced /tɹænzˌvɛs.tɪˈɡeɪ.tə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of transvestigator?
The plural of transvestigator is transvestigators.

Words near transvestigator in the dictionary

  1. transvestigated
  2. transvestigates
  3. transvestigating
  4. transvestigation
  5. transvestigations
  6. transvestigator
  7. transvestigators
  8. transvesting
  9. transvestism
  10. transvestisms
  11. transvestist

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