CDer

See also: cd'er and CD-er

English

Etymology

From CD ‎ -er.

Noun

CDer (plural CDers)

1. (LGBTQ) cross-dresser
   • 1995 March 27, DanielleSA (username), “T* friendly places in B'ham?”, in alt.transgendered‎^[1] (Usenet):

     I live in the Birmingham, AL area and just started CDing three months ago and I know absolutly^[sic] no other CDers or even anyplace to go in town. Can anyone tell me of any T friendly places in the area or tell me how I might find some other CDers in the area to talk to?

   • 1996 September 16, Julie (username), “Toronto: CDers”, in alt.sex.trans‎^[2] (Usenet):
   • 1998 April 25, Chris Binsack (username), “Long Island CDer looking for other CDers”, in alt.fashion.crossdressing‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Hi, my name is Chrissy and I'm still a closet CDer. But I'm looking for other L.I.(Suffolk Co) CDers to help me come out of the closet, […]

   • 1998 October 9, Lenora (username), “Manchester CDers”, in uk.adverts.personals.gay-lesbian-bi‎^[4] (Usenet):
   • 2002 July 13, Jack (username), “Male (occasional CDer) seeks e-mail pen pals with other CDers.”, in uk.people.crossdressing‎^[5] (Usenet):
2. One who participates in civil disobedience.
   • 1984 December 8, Loie Hayes, “Lesbians, Feminists Take It To Wall Street”, in Gay Community News, volume 12, number 21, page 3:

     Elliee Rosenberg, an experienced CDer from from Boston, summed up her action with these words: "It was great to see all the girls again. And Wall Street was the right place. We were confronting the right people, really confronting them, making them struggle to get into work, making them think about what they do for work."

Related terms

• CD
• CDing

Anagrams

• CDRE, cedr-, cred, rec'd