travesti
Meanings
noun
- A member of a Latin American gender role, variously construed as a cross-dressing man, a third gender or a trans woman.
Word forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish travesti and Portuguese travesti, themselves both from French travesti. Doublet of travesty.
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