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tranzman
 n.— «David (whose name has been changed to protect his identity) is a female-to-male transsexual (or tranzman, as they’re called) who very much identifies with a strict sense of male gender.» —“More transsexuals speaking out against discrimination, custody rights” by Melissa Fletcher Stoeltje in San Antonio, Texas Relish (N.C.) Apr. 7, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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