crossplayer

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noun

A cosplayer involved in crossplay.

Scrabble 18
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Meanings

nouncrossplayer (plural crossplayers)

plural crossplayers

  1. A cosplayer involved in crossplay.

    On the other hand, most male crossplayers refused to act in a "feminine" fashion in spite of being in the costume of a female character.

    2014, Catherine Thomas, “'Love to Mess with Minds': En(gendering) Identities Through Crossplay”, in Ben Bolling, Matthew J. Smith, editors, It Happens at Comic-Con: Ethnographic Essays on a Pop Culture Phenomenon, McFarland, →ISBN, page 35

Origin

From crossplay (“form of cosplay”) + -er.

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APA

crossplayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossplayer

MLA

“crossplayer.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossplayer. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crossplayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crossplayer.

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