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A drag queen at the Cologne pride parade

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

drag queen (plural drag queens)

  1. (LGBTQ, 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.

male who dresses up in women's clothing

drag queen

Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.

  • IPA(key): /ˈdrak ˈkwin/
  • Syllabification: drag queen

drag queen f or m pers (indeclinable)

  1. drag queen (person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance)
    Coordinate term: drag king

Unadapted borrowing from English drag queen.

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdɾɛ.ɡi ˈkuj̃/ [ˈdɾɛ.ɡi ˈkuɪ̯̃]
  • Hyphenation: drag queen

drag queen f or (uncommon/derogatory) m (plural drag queens)

  1. (LGBTQ) drag queen

Borrowed from English drag queen.

  • IPA(key): /ˌdɾaɡ ˈkwin/ [ˌd̪ɾaɣ̞ ˈkwĩn]
  • Syllabification: drag que‧en

drag queen m or f by sense (plural drag queens)

  1. drag queen