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Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.
Karen Abbott

Meaning of "cross-dresser" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CROSS-DRESSER

cross-dresser  [ˌkrɒsˈdresə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROSS-DRESSER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cross-Dresser is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CROSS-DRESSER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

cross-dresser

Cross-dressing

Cross-dressing refers to the act of wearing clothing and other accoutrements commonly associated with the opposite sex within a particular society. Cross-dressing has been used for purposes of disguise, comfort, and as a literary trope in modern times and throughout history. It does not, however, necessarily indicate transgender identity. Nearly every human society throughout history has expected distinctions to be made between males and females by the style, color, or type of clothing they are expected to wear, and likewise most societies have had a set of social norms, views, guidelines, or even laws defining what type of clothing is appropriate for each gender. The term "cross-dressing" denotes an action or a behavior without attributing or implying any specific causes for that behavior. Some people automatically connect cross-dressing behavior to transgender identity or sexual, fetishist, and homosexual behavior, but the term itself does not imply any motives.

Definition of cross-dresser in the English dictionary

The definition of cross-dresser in the dictionary is a transvestite.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROSS-DRESSER


bedpresser
ˈbedˌpresə
blesser
ˈblesə
caresser
kəˈresə
contessa
kənˈtesə
dogaressa
ˌdəʊɡəˈresə
Emesa
ˈemesə
guesser
ˈɡesə
obsessor
əbˈsesə
oppressor
əˈpresə
preprocessor
priːˈprəʊsesə
redresser
rɪˈdresə
sessa
ˈsesə
transgressor
trænzˈɡresə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROSS-DRESSER

cross-correlation
cross-country
cross-court
cross-cultural
cross-curricular
cross-cut chisel
cross-cutting
cross-dating
cross-disciplinary
cross-dress
cross-dressing
cross-examination
cross-examine
cross-examiner
cross-eye
cross-eyed
cross-fade
cross-fertile
cross-fertilization
cross-fertilize

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROSS-DRESSER

addresser
cesser
digresser
distresser
dresser
expresser
finesser
hairdresser
harnesser
impresser
lesser
passer
presser
represser
second-guesser
suppresser
vinedresser
Welsh dresser
window dresser
window-dresser
witnesser

Synonyms and antonyms of cross-dresser in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «cross-dresser» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROSS-DRESSER

Find out the translation of cross-dresser to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cross-dresser from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cross-dresser» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伪娘
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

travesti
570 millions of speakers

English

cross-dresser
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पार ड्रेसर
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عبر مضمد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

кросс - комод
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cross- dresser
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ক্রস-রুপকার
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

travesti
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Salib
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Cross-Dresser
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

クロスドレッサー
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

크로스 드레서
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cross-dresser
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cross- dresser
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

குறுக்கு அலங்கார
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्रॉस ड्रेसर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Çapraz Dresser
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cross-dresser
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Crossdresser
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

крос - комод
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

travestit
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cross - dresser
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

fopdosser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

tvär byrå
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cross- dresser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cross-dresser

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROSS-DRESSER»

The term «cross-dresser» is regularly used and occupies the 98.062 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROSS-DRESSER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cross-dresser

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2 QUOTES WITH «CROSS-DRESSER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word cross-dresser.
1
Karen Abbott
Female spies typically represented one of two extremes: the seductress who employed her wiles to manipulate men, and the cross-dresser who blended in by impersonating them.
2
Alexis Arquette
Yes, I am transgendered but I also am a cross-dresser - I dress as a woman. It's not that I just want to be seen as a female in our society, I'm also a drag queen and a performer - there are many levels there.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROSS-DRESSER»

Discover the use of cross-dresser in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cross-dresser and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Male Cross-Dresser Support Group
Pamela Trowel finds her bad luck changing when Abdhul, a little boy, follows her home one day, and soon she and Abdhul are setting off on a cross country adventure
Tama Janowitz, 1994
2
Bert & Lori: The Autobiography of a Cross-dresser
A heterosexual transvestite shares his story, revealing his early interest in women's clothing, the shame he suffered due to his desire, and its effect on his relationships, and presents a researched study of crossdressing
Robert J. Rowe, 1997
3
Pushing Boundaries: The Female Cross-dresser in German ...
In contrast to current theories of gender bending, the female-to-male cross-dresser around 1800 did not act to sever gender and biology; on the contrary, most of the authors went to great lengths to maintain the stability of gender despite ...
Liesl Allingham, 2007
4
Vested Interests: Cross-dressing and Cultural Anxiety
First Published in 1998. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Marjorie Garber, 2012
5
Gender Play in Mark Twain: Cross-Dressing and Transgression
This book explores Mark Twain's extensive use of cross-dressing across his career by exposing the substantial cast of characters who masqueraded as members of the opposite sex or who otherwise defied gender expectations.
Linda Morris, 2007
6
Undisciplined Women: Tradition and Culture in Canada
However, if the cross dresser declares her true sex to a male in public, his reaction is invariably to offer marriage or concubinage, suggesting that she exemplifies ideal qualities. That is, the man- associated woman - previously thought to be a ...
Pauline Greenhill, Diane Tye, 1997
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Principles and Practice of Sex Therapy, Fourth Edition
A prime example of this is the male, heterosexual cross-dresser. We know that most men who cross-dress do not seek treatment and are usually content living as male, often in a stable sexual relationship with a woman, but derive pleasure ...
Sandra R. Leiblum, 2006
8
Shakespeare Re-dressed: Cross-gender Casting in Contemporary ...
In her analysis of The Roaring Girl, Marjorie Garber employs the clinical term " transvestite" to refer to the "theatrical structure and its homoerotics" and then goes on to refer to Moll as a "cross-dresser":37 "Moll Cutpurse is indeed, as is often ...
James C. Bulman, 2008
9
Tom and Jack: The Intertwined Lives of Thomas Hart Benton ...
6. The. Cross-dresser. Benton's hasty departure from Paris was not only humiliating but had deep artistic consequences. As a result of this abrupt removal , Benton's forward development as a modernist was abruptly halted. Had he stayed in ...
Henry Adams, 2009
10
Re-Dressing America’s Frontier Past
First, I regrettably use “cross-dresser” to refer to a large group of varied people— at one end of the spectrum individuals like Alan Hart and at the other end those who took on the garb of the opposite sex for purposes unrelated to either sexuality ...
Peter G. Boag, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROSS-DRESSER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cross-dresser is used in the context of the following news items.
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My Cross-Dressing Husband Became a Woman, and We Stayed …
Would you stay with your significant other if they were a cross-dresser? (Photos: Courtesy of the subject.) When I met my second husband in ... «Yahoo Health, Jul 15»
2
Unsung Heroes of the Fight for Gay Marriage
I wasn't a cross-dresser—though if I had been, that would've been fine, too. I just did it like twice, or maybe three times. Then my girlfriend at the ... «TheStranger.com, Jul 15»
3
Even your beer is sexist
Perhaps that PD California Ale was referring to a cross-dresser's skivvies falling down. And, if you think a man can't refer to another man as a ... «Personal Liberty Digest, Jul 15»
4
The Cross-Dresser's Challenge for Acceptance
So much is at risk for a cross-dresser who has been dressing in private his entire life, without the knowledge of anyone, but a cross-dressing ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
5
A Cross-dresser's Prospective on Cross-dressing
The last article I posted, “Cross-dressers Challenge for Acceptance” prompted a number of comments. These comments were sent directly to ... «ChicagoNow, Jul 15»
6
COMMENTARY: Is there such a thing as a legal sex change?
A cross-dresser may be gay or even straight. A transgender woman does not consider her gender as male. Never. She was born male, she ... «GMA News, Jul 15»
7
Teatro ZinZanni's 'Return of Chaos' serves up superheroic antics
... band together to vanquish a bunch of equally ditsy baddies — such as Ulla and Mulla, a sultry gymnast and her Teutonic cross-dresser sis. «The Seattle Times, Jul 15»
8
Cross-dresser fined RM1,200 for wrongfully confining a man
Cross-dresser K. Premraj, 20, who pleaded guilty for wrongfully confining K. Jeyan Nath Nair was fined RM1,200 by the Magistrate's Court here ... «The Rakyat Post, Jun 15»
9
Security precautions in Poland for cross-dresser's concert
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Authorities in southern Poland have banned music fans from bringing glass bottles and metal objects to a concert of ... «Post-Bulletin, Jun 15»
10
Jury deadlocks on 3 counts, acquits on 2 in cross-dresser shootings
Luis Rio De Los Santos reacts Thursday after a mistrial ruling in three of the five charges against him in a 2012 shooting that killed Tyrell ... «Palm Beach Post, Jun 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cross-Dresser [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cross-dresser>. Apr 2024 ».
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