cross-dresser
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈkrɔsˌdrɛsər/
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travesti
- What would you say is the difference between a cross-dresser and a transvestite?
- cross-dressers and gays
And I'm not sure I really knew what a cross dresser was right at that time.
- And I'm not sure I really knew what a cross dresser was right at that time.
- What else We oh, I met the best cross dresser name ever.
- They cross dressers or drag Queens or an escort.
Examples
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Here's a cross-dresser from Tallahassee who gets all the way to the finals in the miss Florida contest.
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The point is what the issue is for the spouse, not the classification of the cross-dresser as gay or straight.
Blog text (25) -
Did you know he was a cross dresser?
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How long have you known your husband was a cross-dresser?
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I know for a fact Sheriff Dave is a cross-dresser.
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There have been wives of cross-dressers at some of our meetings.
Blog text (25) -
Wasn't he the lecturer who was a cross dresser?
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Swin was born male and for decades was a cross-dresser, wearing women's clothes whenever he could.
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It's about these three well-adjusted business and family men who happen to be cross-dressers.
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Here's a cross-dresser from Tallahassee who gets all the way to the finals in the Miss Florida contest.
Surface Forms
Morphology
cross-dresser = cross-dress (transparent) = cross + dress + er
Formed from 'cross-dress' + agentive '-er'; a person who cross-dresses is directly derivable from the base verb.
Etymology
Cross-dresser comes from two parts: cross meaning 'across' or 'opposite' and dresser meaning 'one who dresses'. Think of someone who 'crosses' the usual clothing line to wear clothes of the other gender, which is why a cross-dresser is a person who wears clothes usually worn by the opposite sex.