transgendered

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adjective

Transgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

adjectivetransgendered (comparative more transgendered, superlative most transgendered)

comparative more transgendered · superlative most transgendered

  1. offensiveoftenproscribeduncommonTransgender; denoting or relating to a person whose gender identity does not correspond with their sex assigned at birth.

    RAQUEL WELCH (left), moviedom's sex queen soon to be seen as the heroine/hero of Gore Vidal's transgendered "Myra Breckinridge," will be featured in her first television special at 8 p.m. today on CBS.

    1970 April 26, “Raquel Welch”, in TV Guide, archived from the original on 04 Jun 2012
    1 more example

    There are many reasons why transgendered people enter psychotherapy. One is to meet the requirements of the medical profession and obtain the procedures they seek. The desire for sex reassignment is a powerful motivator to individuals convinced that only a major physical modification of their body will relieve feelings of gender dysphoria.

    a. 2000, Barbara F. Anderson, “Why Do Transgenders Seek Psychotherapy - Pt 1?”, in TransGender Forum (archived copy), archived from the original on 25 Oct 2023
nountransgendered (plural transgendereds)

plural transgendereds

  1. nonstandardoffensiverareusuallyA transgender person.

    In determining how to accommodate the employee, both attorneys said it is important to take your "cue" from the employee, but also to examine what medical criteria says about transgendereds.

    2002, BNA's Employment Discrimination Report, page 384
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    In addition to ex-convicts and drug addicts, stigmas are also applied to lesbians, gays, transgendereds, and people who have been hospitalized for mental illness, even after they leave the hospital.

    2008, Madeleine Cousineau, Introducing Sociology: A Whole New World, page 156
verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of transgender

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveinvolving a partial or full reversal of gender

nouna person who has undergone a sex change operation

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁os
  11. Proto-Italic*genos
  12. Latingenus
  13. Old Frenchgendre
  14. Middle Englishgendre
  15. Englishgender
  16. Englishgendered
  17. Englishtransgendered

From trans- + gendered (adjective).

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

Source: transgendered on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.