drag queen en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Northern-California) audio
Etymology
From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.
Meanings
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A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
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.
1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drag queens | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| dragqueen | alternative | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
drag-queendom · drag-queenish · drag-queenese · drag queenism · drag queenery
Descendants
Hypernyms
Relateds
bio queen · faux queen · queen up · squirrel friend
Synonyms
street queen · female impersonator
Translations (39)
mi kuīni whakarākei (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · he מלכת דראג (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ru дрэг-кви́н (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · cmn 變裝皇后 /变装皇后 (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ja ドラァグクイーン (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · pt transformista (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · es transformista (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ar دْرَاج كْوِين (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · eo dragreĝino (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ga banríon draig (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · pt drag queen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · hu nőimitátor (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ru дрэг-короле́ва (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · gl travestí (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · fi drag queen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · is kjólasveinn (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · eo reĝinjo (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · sv dragdrottning (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ko 드래그 퀸 (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · is dragdrottning (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ka დრაგ-კუინი (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · nl dragqueen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · pl drag queen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · kw arlodhes kadys (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · cmn 扮裝皇后 (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · es drag queen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · uk дреґ-кві́н (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ar مُمَثِّلُ بِلِبَاسٍ اِمْرَأَةٍ (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · uk дреґ-короле́ва (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · fr drag queen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · sv dragqueen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · fi drag-kuningatar (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · he דראג קווין (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · de Dragqueen (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · sv druga (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · fr travelo (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · pt rainha do arraste (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ms ratu leret (male who dresses up in women's clothing) · ar دْرَاق كْوِين (male who dresses up in women's clothing)