English Explanatory Dictionary

third gender

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.)

Word forms

third gender third genders

Related words

agender bigender ambigender cisgender genderfluid genderqueer non-binary transgender two-spirit sworn virgin
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