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transa

“transa” is a Swedish word. Its 4 meanings in English:

noun

  1. A male to female transvestite
  2. A drag queen
  3. A trans person, especially female.

verb

  1. To cross-dress; to go out in drag

Etymology

From transvestit. The noun form is first attested from 1979,https://tidningar.kb.se/search?q=%22transa%22&searchGranularity=part&to=1979-12-31&from=1979-01-01&isPartOf.%40id=https%3A%2F%2Flibris.kb.se%2Fm5z2w4lz3m2zxpk%23it the verb form from…

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