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| Main Entry: | she-male |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | a genetic male who has both male and female characteristics; a male who has undergone surgical feminization |
| Usage: | derogatory slang |
she-male
early 19c. U.S. colloquial, "a female," from she + male.
"Davy Crockett's hand would be sure to shake if his iron was pointed within a hundred miles of a shemale." ["Treasury of American Folklore"]By 1972 it had come to be used (disparagingly) for "masculine lesbian." The sense of "transsexual male" seems to date from c.1984.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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