cross-dresser

Definition

A person who wears clothing which society considers appropriate only for members of the opposite sex.

Etymology

From cross-dress + -er.

Example Sentences

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• "For the buildings John uses plastic sheeting employed in the window banners of a particular ladies' clothing chain. [...] I asked John if the sales assistants in those shops thought he was odd, walking in and asking for bits of plastic. 'What you've got to remember,' he said, 'is that they get a lot of cross-dressers going in there, so I'm not that weird in comparison.'"