# third sex

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A third gender, a category of people who are not male or female, or whose sexual roles, anatomy, or identities place them outside of the established male and female categories.
2. Gay people.
3. The clergy, the priesthood (seen as emasculate or not participating in sex).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/third-sex