travesti

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman.

Word forms

travesti travestis

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.

Related words

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