Transgender vs. Hermaphrodite

Transgenderadjective

(narrowly) Having a gender (identity) which is different from the sex one was assigned at birth: being assigned male at birth but having a female gender or vice versa; or, pertaining to such people. Compare transsexual, and the following sense.

Transgenderadjective

(broadly) Not identifying with culturally conventional gender roles and categories of male or female; having changed gender identity from male to female or female to male, or identifying with elements of both, or having some other gender identity; or, pertaining to such people. Compare genderqueer, transsexual.

Transgenderadjective

(of a space) Intended primarily for transgender people.

Transgenderadjective

(of a space) Available for use by transgender people (in addition to non-transgender people).

Transgendernoun

Transgenderism; the state of being transgender. Compare transsex.

Transgendernoun

A transgender person.

Transgenderverb

(uncommon) To change the gender of; (used loosely) to change the sex of. Compare transsex.

Transgender

Transgender people have a gender identity or gender expression that differs from the sex that they were assigned at birth. Some transgender people who desire medical assistance to transition from one sex to another identify as transsexual.

Hermaphroditenoun

An individual or organism possessing ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

Hermaphroditenoun

A person or thing possessing two opposing qualities.

Hermaphroditenoun

(nautical) A hermaphrodite brig.

Hermaphroditenoun

A farm wagon convertible to multiple purposes.

Hermaphroditeadjective

Having gender-ambiguous sexual organs, typically including both types of gonads.

Hermaphroditeadjective

Combining two opposing qualities.

Hermaphroditenoun

An individual which has the attributes of both male and female, or which unites in itself the two sexes; an animal or plant having the parts of generation of both sexes, as when a flower contains both the stamens and pistil within the same calyx, or on the same receptacle. In some cases reproduction may take place without the union of the distinct individuals. In the animal kingdom true hermaphrodites are found only among the invertebrates. See Illust. in Appendix, under Helminths.

Hermaphroditeadjective

Including, or being of, both sexes; as, an hermaphrodite animal or flower.

Hermaphroditenoun

one having both male and female sexual characteristics and organs; at birth an unambiguous assignment of male or female cannot be made

Hermaphroditeadjective

of animal or plant; having both male female reproductive organs

Hermaphroditenoun

a person or animal having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics, either abnormally or (in the case of some organisms) as the natural condition.

Hermaphroditenoun

a plant having stamens and pistils in the same flower.

Hermaphroditenoun

a person or thing combining opposite qualities or characteristics.

Hermaphroditeadjective

of or denoting a person, animal, or plant having both male and female sex organs or other sexual characteristics

Hermaphrodite

In reproductive biology, a hermaphrodite () is an organism that has both kinds of reproductive organs and can produce both gametes associated with male and female sexes. Many taxonomic groups of animals (mostly invertebrates) do not have separate sexes.