drag queen
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (US, 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
Translations edit
male who dresses up in women's clothing
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See also edit
Polish edit
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
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: drag queen
Noun edit
drag queen m or f (plural drag queens)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English drag queen.
Noun edit
drag queen m or f by sense (plural drag queens)