Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex.
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- noun A person who wears clothing his/her society considers only appropriate for a member of the opposite sex.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who adopts the dress or manner or sexual role of the opposite sex
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Examples
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LivingSocial's gruff cross-dresser was a hit, but Groupon's two ads are generating a lot of buzz and controversy this morning.
Super Bowl ads: Tech edition Hayley Tsukayama 2011
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The unorthodox responses should have been no surprise for a city whose unofficial mascot is a homeless cross-dresser.
PICTURE: When Austin Thinks 'Solid Waste,' They Think 'Limp Bizkit' The Huffington Post 2011
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His cast consisted mostly of artist friends such as Lee Miller, the famed photographer from Poughkeepsie with the head-turning looks, and "scandalous" cross-dresser Barbette, whose stardom back in the Twenties in Gai Paris was not unlike Lady Gaga's today.
Charles Fabius: Jean Cocteau Goes Multimedia at the Guggenheim Charles Fabius 2010
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I walked around the city all New York Doll-ed like this every day, virtually a cross-dresser.
Binky Philips: Interviewing Pink Floyd, Dining With Tony Bennett, and Getting Advice From an Undercover Cop Binky Philips 2011
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I would meet a man in a suit and try to ignore the look of disappointment on his face when he discovered that the fancy Forbes reporter he was supposed to meet actually looked like an adolescent cross-dresser.
The Reporter's New Clothes Helen Coster 2011
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Hoover was reportedly a cross-dresser and some claim he was homosexual.
Milk Writer Dustin Lance Black Penning J. Edgar Hoover Biopic? | /Film 2010
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This fall, you can be an S&M secretary/vamp; a '50s prom queen; a futuristic time-travel babe; a '40s lipstick-and-lace kind of a gal; a pared-down tomboy; an ethnic, fringy, upmarket hippy; a be-sequined party girl; a satin-and-fur siren; or an oversized, overshaped cross-dresser—and I've probably missed a couple of themes.
Fashion's Great Confusion Tina Gaudoin 2011
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Anyway, a good sentence: Discovering that Dusty was well informed about some calcified aspect of European history was like discovering - I don't know - like discovering that the happy face on the Kool-Aid pitcher is a cross-dresser.
you're gonna be my bruise // these children who fell down life's cartoon holes tragic_elegance 2009
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When I ask if the screenplay addresses reports by former FBI employees that Hoover was a cross-dresser and perhaps a closeted homosexual, Mr. Eastwood says not really.
A Hollywood Icon Lays Down the Law Michael Judge 2011
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Edgar Hoover, and because it is a longtime rumor that Hoover was a closeted homosexual and cross-dresser, DiCaprio will be taking on that part of the role, as well.
Armie Hammer, Leonardo DiCaprio In 'J. Edgar': 'Lots Of Kissing Scenes' Jordan Zakarin 2011
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