| 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 |
"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.