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Definition of Cross-dresser
1. Noun. Someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.
Generic synonyms: Individual, Mortal, Person, Somebody, Someone, Soul
Derivative terms: Cross-dress, Transvestic, Transvestite
Definition of Cross-dresser
1. Noun. A person who wears clothing his/her society considers only appropriate for a member of the opposite sex. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cross-dresser
Literary usage of Cross-dresser
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. My Tiny Life: Crime and Passion in a Virtual World by Julian Dibbell (1998)
"... where the telltale flesh and bones of the cross-dresser created difficulties
that, in a universe of pure text, could largely be transcended by a simple ..."
2. My German Prisons: The Story of My Two and a Half Years of Captivity in by Horace Gray Gilliland (1919)
"A Red Cross dresser did visit me, but on examination declared that he was not
competent to deal with the case and must leave it to the doctor. ..."
3. A Treatise on the Measure of Damages, Or, An Inquiry Into the Principles by Theodore Sedgwick, Arthur George Sedgwick, Joseph Henry Beale (1912)
"Cross, Dresser, 2 Sandf. 120. 63 NH 123. »• "In two cases," said the court, Ohio:
The Wellsville v. Geisse, 3 Oh. "Tuttle ». Tompkins, 2 Wend. ..."
4. The Sexuality Seriesby Oneil McQuick by Oneil McQuick (2006)
"... cross dresser, tranny, drag queens and drag kings'. Some of these persons have
a seemingly heterosexuals life. This is because cross-dressing is a part- ..."
5. Transsexuals: Life from Both Sides by Lynn Hubschman (1999)
"1 say understanding because she knew that 1 was a cross-dresser. She accepted
this at that time, provided that my habit remained within the walls of home ..."
6. Maggie's Too by Paul E. Furdon (2001)
"He started a rumor that Jensen claimed that The Georgia Peach was a cross-dresser.
In turn, he also spread a rumor that the Georgian had promised to prove ..."
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