: the wearing of clothes designed for the opposite sex

Examples of cross-dressing in a Sentence

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And Chiara’s cross-dressing sparks an homage to Marcello’s most romantic film, Visconti’s White Nights, this time rescuing a suicidal gay soldier. Armond White, National Review, 14 Feb. 2025 The 2006 cult classic twist on Shakespeare’s Twelfth Night starred Amanda Bynes as a cross-dressing soccer prodigy and Channing Tatum as the clueless, heartthrob team captain. Paulina Prosnitz, airmail.news, 24 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1911, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of cross-dressing was in 1911

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“Cross-dressing.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cross-dressing. Accessed 18 Mar. 2025.

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cross-dressing

noun
cross-dress·​ing
ˈkrȯs-ˌdres-iŋ
: the wearing of clothes made for the opposite sex
cross-dresser
-ər
noun

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