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adverb
Dressed as a member of the opposite sex for a theatrical role.
- ‘the troupe performs en travesti’
Origin
From French travesti ‘disguised’, past participle of travestir (see travesty); the phrase is not recorded in French and represents a misunderstanding of the past participle as a noun.
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