Usually means: Cross-dressing for various personal reasons.
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We found 29 dictionaries that define the word transvestite:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. transvestite: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. transvestite: Merriam-Webster
  3. transvestite: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. transvestite: Collins English Dictionary
  5. transvestite: Vocabulary.com
  6. transvestite: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. transvestite: Wiktionary
  8. transvestite: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. transvestite: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. transvestite: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. transvestite: Dictionary.com
  12. transvestite: Online Etymology Dictionary
  13. transvestite: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Transvestite: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. transvestite: Rhymezone
  16. transvestite: FreeDictionary.org
  17. transvestite: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. transvestite: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. transvestite: Encyclopedia

Medicine (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. transvestite: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. Transvestite: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  4. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  5. transvestite: Medical dictionary
  6. Transvestite: Drug Medical Dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Glossary of Unusual Sexual Practices (No longer online)

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. GLBT DICTIONARY (No longer online)

(Note: See transvestism as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  A person who sometimes wears clothes traditionally worn by and associated with the opposite sex; typically a male who cross-dresses occasionally by habit or personal choice.
noun:  (clinical psychology, psychiatry, pathology) A person, typically a heterosexual male, who compulsively seeks and derives paraphilic sexual arousal from cross-dressing, especially if the urges and behavior cause the patient distress or social impairment.
noun:  (zoology, dated) An animal that engages in sexual mimicry.

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