drag queen

drag queen

See also: dragqueen

English

A drag queen at the Cologne pride parade

Alternative forms

• dragqueen

Etymology

From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) +‎ queen.

Pronunciation

• Audio (US, Northern California)

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Noun

drag queen (plural drag queens)

1. (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.
   • 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.

   Synonyms: female impersonator, (dated) street queen

   Hypernyms: transvestite; see also Thesaurus:transvestite

   Hyponyms: butch queen, fishy queen

   Coordinate term: drag king

Derived terms

• drag-queendom
• drag queenery
• drag-queenish
• drag queenism

 

Translations

male who dresses up in women's clothing

Chinese: Mandarin: (Hong Kong) 拖拉女王 (tuōlā nǚwáng), 扮裝皇后／扮装皇后 (zh) (bànzhuāng huánghòu), (mainland China; derogatory) 人妖 (zh) (rényāo) Dutch: dragqueen (nl) m or f Esperanto: reĝinjo (eo), dragreĝino Finnish: drag-kuningatar French: drag queen (fr) m or f Galician: travestí (gl) German: Dragqueen (de) f Hebrew: דראג קווין‎, מלכת דראג‎ Hungarian: nőimitátor (hu) Icelandic: dragdrottning f, kjólasveinn m Irish: banríon draig f Japanese: ドラァグクイーン (dorāgu kuīn) Korean: 드래그 퀸 (deuraegeu kwin) Polish: drag queen (pl) f or m pers Portuguese: drag queen (pt), transformista m or f Russian: драг-кви́н (ru) m or f (drag-kvín), дрэг-кви́н (ru) m or f (drɛg-kvín), драг-короле́ва f (drag-koroléva), дрэг-короле́ва (ru) f (drɛg-koroléva) Spanish: drag queen, transformista (es) m or f Swedish: dragqueen (sv) c, druga (sv) c, dragdrottning (sv) c

See also

• bio queen/ faux queen
• queen up
• squirrel friend

 

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drag queen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drak kwin/

Noun

drag queen f (indeclinable) or drag queen m pers (indeclinable)

1. (LGBT) drag queen

Further reading

• drag queen in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• drag queen in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English drag queen.

Noun

drag queen m or f (plural drag queens)

1. drag queen

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English drag queen.

Noun

drag queen m or f (plural drag queens)

1. drag queen