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Date: 1900-2000
Language: German
Origin: transvestit, from Latin vestire 'to clothe'

transvestite

 noun
     
trans‧ves‧tite [countable]
someone, especially a man, who enjoys dressing like a person of the opposite sex [↪ transsexual]
—transvestite adjective
—transvestism noun [uncountable]
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