drag queen
a man who dresses as a woman for entertainment
TRANSLATION
drag queen = der Transvestit --- GOOGLE INDEX drag queen: approximately 2,000,000 Google hits
STATISTICS
IN THE PRESS
A fight broke out during a DRAG QUEEN beauty contest in Peru when judges reportedly announced the wrong winner.
(BBC News)
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As early as 2006, he appeared as the lead dancer in the world's largest DRAG QUEEN chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records.
(www.broadwayworld.com)
(BBC News)
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As early as 2006, he appeared as the lead dancer in the world's largest DRAG QUEEN chorus line, which made the Guinness Book of World Records.
(www.broadwayworld.com)
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drag queen
noun phrase
- a man, especially a performer, who dresses as a woman
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A drag queen is a man who dresses and acts like a caricature woman, often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens usually exaggerate certain characteristics such as make-up and eyelashes for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
The word drag is used to describe any clothing carrying symbolic significance, but it usually refers to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender. The origins of the word are debated, but "drag" has appeared in print as early as 1870.
One suggested etymological root is 19th-century theatre slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor. The phrase drag queen appeared in print in 1941. Another folk etymology source claims that drag is actually an abbreviation for "dressed as a girl," a convenient theory that has never been proven.
A more technical word for drag queen is transvestite, which stems from the German "Transvestit," a term that was coined from the Latin trans (across) and vestire (to dress, to clothe). Drag queens are also called cross-dressers.
(sources: Wikipedia, Online Etymology Dictionary)
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noun phrase
- a man, especially a performer, who dresses as a woman
(American Heritage Dictionary)
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A drag queen is a man who dresses and acts like a caricature woman, often for the purpose of entertaining. There are many kinds of drag artists, from professionals who have starred in films to people who just try it once. Drag queens usually exaggerate certain characteristics such as make-up and eyelashes for comic, dramatic or satirical effect.
The word drag is used to describe any clothing carrying symbolic significance, but it usually refers to the clothing associated with one gender role when worn by a person of another gender. The origins of the word are debated, but "drag" has appeared in print as early as 1870.
One suggested etymological root is 19th-century theatre slang, from the sensation of long skirts trailing on the floor. The phrase drag queen appeared in print in 1941. Another folk etymology source claims that drag is actually an abbreviation for "dressed as a girl," a convenient theory that has never been proven.
A more technical word for drag queen is transvestite, which stems from the German "Transvestit," a term that was coined from the Latin trans (across) and vestire (to dress, to clothe). Drag queens are also called cross-dressers.
(sources: Wikipedia, Online Etymology Dictionary)
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SMUGGLE OWAD into today's conversation
"Hamburg's Reeperbahn is a good place to watch drag queens."
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Thanks to Heidi for suggesting today's word!
