Definition of Cross-dress

1. Verb. Dress in the clothes of the other sex.

Generic synonyms: Dress, Get Dressed
Derivative terms: Cross-dresser

Definition of Cross-dress

1. Verb. To wear clothes considered to be of the opposite sex. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-dress

cross-console emulation
cross-contaminate
cross-contamination
cross-correlation
cross-correlations
cross-country
cross-country jumping
cross-country riding
cross-country skiing
cross-cousin
cross-cultural
cross-cultural comparison
cross-cultural psychiatry
cross-cut bur
cross-division
cross-dressers
cross-examination
cross-examine
cross-examiner
cross-eye
cross-eyed
cross-fertilisation
cross-fertilise
cross-fertilization
cross-fertilize
cross-file
cross-foster

Literary usage of Cross-dress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Voluptuous God: A Christian Heretic Speaks by Robert V. Thompson (2007)
"Transvestites cross-dress for many different reasons. ... Whatever the reason, to cross-dress is to masquerade, to impersonate, to present an image that ..."

2. The Red Cross Magazine by American national Red cross (1917)
"The girl in the Red Cross dress read the letter over. "Dear Aunt Evelyn," began Robina and. struck no snags so far. ..."

3. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"My worry was well justified because I was getting the urge to cross-dress again. After many months of not dressing up, I began putting Annie's lingerie on ..."

4. More Than a Name: State-Sponsored Homophobia and Its Consequences in by Scott Long, A. Widney Brown, Gail Cooper (2003)
"He does not cross-dress but proudly calls himself effeminate. He was born in Mashonaland East but has lived in Bulawayo since 1993. From an early age, ..."

5. Human Rights Watch World Report 2005: The Events of 2004 by Human Rights Watch, Human Rights Watch (Organization (2005)
"Nepali authorities continue to turn a blind eye to a persistent pattern of police abuse of metis (biological males who cross-dress); men suspected of having ..."

6. Mosca: A Factual Fiction by Richard Miller (1997)
"... perched on Pedro's outer ear, da^led by light, buoyed by swelling energy. Thomas paused on the other side of their bookcase. Why did they cross-dress me ..."

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