third gender

== English == === Noun === third gender (countable and uncountable, plural third genders) (anthropology) A category (a gender), present in societies which recognize three or more genders, which is neither male nor female; in some societies, the category may contain individuals who are intersex or androgynous, while other societies may categorize transgender people into it. (Compare fourth gender.) Coordinate term: third sex ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === See also === two-spirit, sworn virgin