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gender-bender

gen·der-bend·er
G g

Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jen-der ben-der]
    • /ˈdʒɛn dər ˈbɛn dər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [jen-der ben-der]
    • /ˈdʒɛn dər ˈbɛn dər/

Definitions of gender-bender word

  • noun gender-bender Informal. one, as a cross-dresser, that blurs differences between the sexes. 1
  • countable noun gender-bender People sometimes use gender-bender to refer to a man who dresses or behaves like a woman, or a woman who dresses or behaves like a man. 0
  • noun gender-bender a person who adopts an androgynous style of dress, hair, make-up, etc 0
  • noun gender-bender a male-male or female-female adaptor, used esp for computer hardware 0
  • noun gender-bender a person who looks or behaves in a way regarded as androgynous or as typical of the opposite sex 0
  • noun gender-bender Alternative form of gender bender. 0

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Origin of gender-bender

First appearance:

before 1980
One of the 1% newest English words
First recorded in 1980-85

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Parts of speech for Gender-bender

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

gender-bender popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 27% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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