transfolk

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noun

Transgender people.

Opposite
cisfolk
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Meanings

nountransfolk pl (plural only)
  1. informalpluralplural onlyTransgender people.

    This highlights the awkwardly linked histories of transfolk and the gay and lesbian community due to historical and geographical coincidences.

    2010, Kath Browne, Catherine J. Nash, Queer Methods and Methodologies, →OCLC, page 140
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    Transfolk are not covered in any applicable laws like Title VII or the ADA - in fact, transsexualism is explicitly excluded from the ADA. Therefore, you have no causes of action against an employer based on federal law.

    1997, A. Spencer Bergstedt, Transition and Beyond, page 28

    Antonyms: cisfolk

Synonyms & antonyms

nounTransgender people.

Opposite
cisfolk
Also see
transfolks

Origin

From trans- + folk.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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