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adj
Of a person, transgender (having gender which is different from one's assigned sex).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable, uncommon
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adj
Of a person, expressing a different gender role.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, not-comparable, uncommon
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noun
A transgender person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, uncommon
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History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *terh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *térh2t Proto-Indo-European *-ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2ónts Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h2n̥ts Proto-Italic *trāns Proto-Italic *trāns- Latin trans-bor. English trans- Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Indo-European *séks-u-sder. Proto-Italic *seksus Proto-Indo-European *sek-der. Proto-Italic *sekaō Latin secō Latin secāre? Latin sexus Proto-Indo-European *h2el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin sexuālisbor. English sexual English transsexual Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh1- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh1os Proto-Italic *genos Latin genus Old French gendrebor. Middle English gendre English gender blend English transgenderal Blend of transsexual + gender. Coined by American transgender activist Virginia Prince in 1969 in order to distinguish between transgender people who have undergone medical treatment to change their sex and those who have not (see first quotation).
