drag queen
English

A drag queen at the Cologne pride parade
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Noun
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, 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.
Translations
male who dresses up in women's clothing
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Polish

drag queen
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdrak ˈkwin/
Audio (file)
Noun
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
- drag queen in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English drag queen.
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English drag queen.
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