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female impersonator

female impersonator noun: a male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman.

Noun

female impersonator (plural female impersonators)

  1. (performing arts) A male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman.
    • "About the only job left that a woman can beat a man in is female impersonator in vaudeville."1908, O. Henry, “The Hand That Riles The World”, in The Gentle Grafter
    • It was Gerald converted me to be a true corsetlover when I was female impersonator in the High School play Vice Versa.1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 15]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    drag queen

Synonyms of female impersonator

Forms of female impersonator

pluralfemale impersonators

Questions about female impersonator

What does female impersonator mean?
Female impersonator means a male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman.
What part of speech is female impersonator?
Female impersonator is a noun.
What is the plural of female impersonator?
The plural of female impersonator is female impersonators.

Words near female impersonator in the dictionary

  1. female genital mutilations
  2. female ginseng
  3. female hysteria
  4. female impersonation
  5. female impersonations
  6. female impersonator
  7. female impersonators
  8. female line
  9. female lineage
  10. female pattern baldness
  11. female prostate

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