trans male

adjective

Male and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.

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Meanings

adjectivetrans male (not comparable)

alternative trans-male · alternative transmale

  1. not comparableMale and trans; that is, being a male who was assigned female at birth.

    His [Carson's] vlogs offer another representation of trans male identity than the representation that dominates on YouTube; thus, his self-presentation is much more feminized and ambiguous than what is typically enacted and claimed among other medically transitioning trans male vloggers

    2016, Tobias Raun, Out Online: Trans Self-Representation and Community Building on YouTube, Routledge, →ISBN, page 61
  2. derogatorynot comparableoffensiveTransgender female.
nountrans male (plural trans males)

plural trans males

  1. rareA trans man or trans boy.

    For quotations using this term, see Citations:trans male.

Origin

From trans + male.

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APA

trans male. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trans%20male

MLA

“trans male.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trans%20male. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trans male,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trans%20male.

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