"drag king" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: drag kings [plural]
Etymology: drag (“men's clothing worn by women”) + king, by analogy with drag queen. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|drag|king|t1=men's clothing worn by women}} drag (“men's clothing worn by women”) + king, {{m|en|drag queen}} drag queen Head templates: {{en-noun}} drag king (plural drag kings)
  1. (colloquial, LGBT) A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance. Tags: colloquial Categories (topical): Crossdressing, Gender, LGBT, People Hypernyms: transvestite Coordinate_terms: drag queen Translations (female who dresses up in men's clothing): dragreĝo (Esperanto), drag king (French), დრაგ-კინგი (drag-ḳingi) (Georgian), férfiimitátor (Hungarian)

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