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⚧️ Changed gender ⚧️ Person changed gender
transgendered

transgendered

1 7.3
A person who has had surgery to change from one gender to another
  • noun
  • /trænˈsˌdʒɛndərd/
  • Archaic
: transexual (arcaico)
  • After years of feeling uncomfortable in his original body, Alex finally embraced his true self as a transgendered person.

Only the feeble minded in so much as the military spends more on erectile dysfunction drugs than it does on the needs of the transgendered.

Examples

  • Many transgendered people advocate for equal rights and acceptance in society.

  • She joined a support group specifically for transgendered individuals to share her experiences and challenges.

  • He says The people who I know are gay and one transgendered, I think, like the dwarves.

Synonyms

transexual
vstransgendered
  • Specialized
19 7.3

A person who feels they are the opposite sex and may have medical treatment to change their body

emphasizes completed surgery rather than possible or planned treatment
transsexual
vstransgendered
2 7.2

A person who was born one sex but lives as a different gender

specifies that they have undergone a surgical sex reassignment operation

Surface Forms

transgendered singular
transgendereds plural

Morphology

transgendered = transgender (transparent) = trans + gender + ed

Derived by adding '-ed' to the noun/adjective 'transgender' to refer to a person described by that term; formation is predictable though the usage is dated.

Etymology

Transgendered as a noun originally described a person who had changed their sex, because trans- 'across' plus gender 'sex' and the ending -ed give the idea of a completed change. Today this noun form is less common and many people prefer transgender.