Cambridge Dictionary Changes The Definition Of 'Woman' To Include Transgender Women
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The Cambridge Dictionary recently updated its entries for "man" and "woman" to include transgender people.
In addition to "an adult female human being," the dictionary's entry for the word "woman" now also includes the definition "an adult who lives and identifies as female though they may have been said to have a different sex at birth." A similar change was made to the entry for the word "man."
The updates were rolled out in October, a spokesperson for the Cambridge Dictionary told ABC News.
However, these changes only made their way to the news after the British newspaper The Telegraph reported on them Tuesday.
Editors made the changes after "careful study," according to the Cambridge Dictionary spokesperson.
"They carefully studied usage patterns of the word woman and concluded that this definition is one that learners of English should be aware of to support their understanding of how the language is used. The first definition at the entry for woman remains unchanged and continues to be 'an adult female human being," they said in a statement.
