drag queen
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English
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Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio (Northern California): (file)
Noun
[edit]drag queen (plural drag queens)
- (LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
- Synonyms: female impersonator, (dated) street queen
- Hypernyms: transvestite; see also Thesaurus:transvestite
- Hyponyms: butch queen, fishy queen
- Coordinate term: drag king
- 1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen[1], New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 5 February 2022, page 37:
- Donald was donning a brand new pair of pantyhose. He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon. It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.
Derived terms
[edit]Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]male who dresses up in women's clothing
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See also
[edit]Polish
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Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]drag queen f or m pers (indeclinable)
- (LGBT) drag queen (person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance)
Further reading
[edit]- drag queen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.
Pronunciation
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- Hyphenation: drag queen
Noun
[edit]drag queen f or (uncommon/derogatory) m (plural drag queens)
Coordinate terms
[edit]Spanish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English drag queen.
Noun
[edit]drag queen m or f by sense (plural drag queens)
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