drag king
drag king noun: a person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
Noun
drag king (plural drag kings)
- A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
- Part of an ongoing ethnography of an imperial sovereign court I am undertaking, this chapter explores the world of the lesbian drag king and the gendered performance she undertakes in this realm.1973, Abstracts in Anthropology, volume 4, Google Books
Forms of drag king
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Origin of drag king
From drag (“men's clothing worn by women”) + king, by analogy with drag queen. First use appears c. 1954 in the newspaper National City News (California).
Questions about drag king
- What does drag king mean?
- Drag king means a person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
- What part of speech is drag king?
- Drag king is a noun.
- What is the plural of drag king?
- The plural of drag king is drag kings.
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