third sex

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A third gender, a category of people who are not male or female, or whose sexual roles, anatomy, or identities place them outside of the established male and female categories.
  2. Gay people.
  3. The clergy, the priesthood (seen as emasculate or not participating in sex).

Word forms

third sex third sexes
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