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transsexual | woman |

As nouns the difference between transsexual and woman

is that transsexual is one who has changed or is in the process of changing their physical sex (because it did not match their desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (hrt) and/or sex reassignment surgery (srs) while woman is an adult female human.

As an adjective transsexual

is (of a person) being a.

As a verb woman is

to staff with female labor.

transsexual

English

Alternative forms

* transexual (rare)

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • (of a person) Being a .
  • Synonyms

    * transsex (less common), transsexed (uncommon)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who has changed or is in the process of changing their physical sex (because it did not match their desired sex) by undergoing medical treatment such as hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and/or sex reassignment surgery (SRS).
  • * {{quote-video, year=1995, title=
  • , passage=When a man is a woman trapped in a man's body, and has a little operation, he is a transsexual .}}
  • * Myra Love, Reality’s Friends'', excerpted in Gertrude M. James Gonzalez and Anne J. M. Mamary (editors), ''Cultural Activisms: Poetic Voices, Political Voices , SUNY Press (1999), ISBN 978-0-7914-3965-4, page 107:
  • He claimed that they had this wonderful and loving relationship in which the transsexual -to-be had felt that his suitor truly loved him the way he was and didn’t want him to have the surgery,
  • * 2003 December 9, Kitty Fine, “How to Tell If Your Fella Wants to Be a Woman!”, in , ISSN 0199-574X, page 14:
  • Hundreds of women every year are taken completely by surprise when their husbands announce they want to undergo sex-change surgery — and the news is even more shocking when comes, as it often does, from a burly he-man who’d given no clue to his inner girl. ¶ But the signs are definitely there if your husband is dreaming of becoming a transsexual , says a new study by a top sexologist.
  • * anonymous, “My Husband’s Secret”, in Grandma Joy, Grandma Joy's Hope for Hurting Women: Healing the Wounds of the Past and Gaining Hope for the Future , Destiny Image Publishers (2006), ISBN 978-0-7684-2351-8, page 133:
  • He was wearing women’s clothes before he had the surgery; then, he actually became a transsexual , and they (amazingly) stayed together.

    Usage notes

    * It may be inappropriate to refer to or describe a transsexual person as "a transsexual"; compare "a black", "a gay". "A transsexual man" (for a man who is biologically female, or was biologically female prior to sex reassignment) or "a transsexual woman" (for the reverse) is frequently more appropriate.

    Synonyms

    * TS * transperson

    Hyponyms

    * transman (female-to-male transsexual ) * transwoman (male-to-female transsexual )

    Derived terms

    * transsexualism * transsexuality

    See also

    * male-to-female * female-to-male * intersexual, intersex * transvestite

    woman

    English

    (wikipedia woman)

    Alternative forms

    * womon, womyn, wymyn * wimmen, wimmen

    Noun

    (women)
  • An adult female human.
  • * Bible, (w) 2:22:
  • And the rib, which the Lord God had taken from man, made he a woman .
  • * (John Ledyard) (1751-1789)
  • I have observed among all nations that the women ornament themselves more than the men
  • * 1887 , Helen Campbell, Prisoners of poverty: their trades and their lives , p.120:
  • But this woman' is a nice German ' woman that fell on the ice and sprained her ankle last winter, and we saw to her well as we could till she got better.
  • (lb) All females collectively; womankind.
  • *
  • *:“[…] it is not fair of you to bring against mankind double weapons ! Dangerous enough you are as woman alone, without bringing to your aid those gifts of mind suited to problems which men have been accustomed to arrogate to themselves.”
  • * 1997 , Bob Grant, Let's Be Heard , p.42:
  • For if modern woman is so intent on keeping her surname alive, why not demand it be passed along to her children?
  • * 2011 , Eileen Gray and the Design of Sapphic Modernity: Staying In , p.109:
  • Unsurprisingly, if modern man is a sort of camera, modern woman is a picture.
  • A wife (or sometimes a or girlfriend).
  • * 1914 , , Study of Thomas Hardy and Other Essays , chapter 7: "Of Being and Not-Being":
  • And then, when he lies with his woman , the man may concurrently be with God, and so get increase of his soul.
  • A female who is extremely fond of or devoted to a specified type of thing.
  • * 2004 , Hyveth Williams, Secrets of a Happy Heart: A Fresh Look at the Sermon on the Mount , p.70:
  • Perhaps my problem is that I am a cat woman . I can't imagine any finicky feline (and they all are that at one time or another) slobbering over anyone, even a beloved owner, the way a dog does.
  • A female attendant or servant.
  • * (William Shakespeare) (c.1564–1616)
  • By her woman I sent your message.

    Synonyms

    * see * female * lady

    Antonyms

    * (age ): girl * (gender ): man

    Derived terms

    * cleaning woman * firewoman * gentlewoman * kept woman * little woman * medicine woman * old woman * other woman * policewoman * womanish * womanly * womanhood * woman suffrage * woman's work * womenfolk * womenhood * women’s lib

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To staff with female labor.
  • * 1956 , Rex Stout, Three Witnesses , The Viking Press, page 54
  • Apparently the Sixty-ninth Street office of Bagby Answers, Inc., was being womaned for the day from other offices.
  • * 1990 , Stephen King, The stand: the complete & uncut edition
  • Gus Dinsmore, the public beach parking lot attendent, said he guessed that so many cars must be just stopped dead along the road that even those manned (or womaned ) by able drivers would be unable to move.
  • * 2010 , Julia Glass, The Widower's Tale , page 77
  • The information desk is now manned (womaned ) by someone whose main job is to help you reserve time slots for the computers or guide you through the arduous process of “logging on.”
  • To make effeminate or womanish.
  • * 1598 , , III. ii. 50:
  • I have felt so many quirks of joy and grief / That the first face of neither on the start / Can woman me unto't.
  • To furnish with, or unite to, a woman.
  • * 1603 , , III. iv. 191:
  • And think it no addition, nor my wish, / To have him see me woman'd .

    See also

    * fair sex * female * feminine * femme * gal * girl * goddess * lady * weaker vessel *