transvestist

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English

Noun

transvestist (plural transvestists)

  1. (dated) A transvestite.
    • 1954, Benjamin Karpman, The sexual offender and his offenses, page 633:
      He groups transvestists as homosexuals in terms of psychodynamics which they certainly are not; of the fetishists and transvestists proper, the latter seem more feminine than masculine.
    • 1962, Richard Hauser, The Homosexual Society, page 77:
      There are two types of Transvestists, the genuine and the fake.
    • 1967, Abstracts on Criminology and Penology, volume 7, page 49:
      Treatment of genuine transvestists by psychotherapy is not possible. Homologous sex hormones should not be used.