Meaning

1 senses
  1. (colloquial)A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.

    дрэг-ки́нгdrɛg-kíng

Examples

2 sentences
  1. She's a drag king.

  2. Tom is Mary's drag king name.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
female who dresses up in men's clothing:

Origin

From drag (“men's clothing worn by women”) + king, by analogy with drag queen. First use a

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).

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Forms

plural: drag kings
Singulardrag king
Pluraldrag kings

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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