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cross-liver

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who cross-lives.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1977-1980, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure Maybe the stigma comes from being either a TV or a TS—but there is a middle ground that I've never considered...what Georgia calls a "cross-liver." Someone who takes hormones & lives their desired gender role, but who have not necessarily made a decision on having surgery.

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History

Etymology

From cross-live + -er.