transvestite
noun/trænzˈvestaɪt/
/trænzˈvestaɪt/
- a person, especially a man, who enjoys dressing in clothes usually worn by the opposite sexTopics People in societyc2Word Origin1920s: from German Transvestit, from Latin trans- ‘across’ + vestire ‘clothe’.
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