Meanings
adjectivefemale-assigned (not comparable)
- not comparableJudged at birth to be female.
White believes that female-assigned trans people can support the work of her organization […]
2007, Z magazine, volume 20, numbers 1-6, page 201 more example
[…] a world much more complex than one divided into female-assigned women and male-assigned men.
2009, Eli Clare, Dean Spade, Exile & Pride: disability, queerness & liberation, →ISBN, page 148Synonyms: AFAB
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveJudged at birth to be female.
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Translations
Finnish naisoletettu
- naisoletettujudged to be female
Polish żeński
- żeńskijudged to be female
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