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  • noun A transgender person who lives as a man.

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  • noun A female-to-male transgender or transsexual person.

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trans- +‎ man

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  • A female to male transexual. I heard the term in an interview with Armistead Maupin about his new book. The term has been around for some time.

    June 19, 2007