heterosexual
he·te·ro·sexual
adjective
noun
1.
a heterosexual person; someone having a sexual orientation to persons of the opposite sex
Origin
From hetero- + -sexual. Earliest citation from 1892, in C.G. Craddock's translation of Krafft-Ebbing's Psychopathia Sexualis.
Phrases
- heterosexual person
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