See drag queen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
Download JSON data for drag queen meaning in English (7.8kB)
{
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "drag",
"3": "queen",
"t1": "women's clothing worn by men"
},
"expansion": "drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "drag queens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "drag queen (plural drag queens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "other",
"name": "Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"parents": [
"Terms with redundant transliterations",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Crossdressing",
"orig": "en:Crossdressing",
"parents": [
"Clothing",
"Gender",
"Human",
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"All topics",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"Fundamental",
"Society"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "Gender",
"orig": "en:Gender",
"parents": [
"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
"All topics",
"Society",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "LGBT",
"orig": "en:LGBT",
"parents": [
"Sexuality",
"Human behaviour",
"Sex",
"Human",
"All topics",
"Reproduction",
"Fundamental",
"Life",
"Nature"
],
"source": "w"
},
{
"kind": "topical",
"langcode": "en",
"name": "People",
"orig": "en:People",
"parents": [
"Human",
"All topics",
"Fundamental"
],
"source": "w"
}
],
"derived": [
{
"word": "drag-queendom"
},
{
"word": "drag queenery"
},
{
"word": "drag-queenese"
},
{
"word": "drag-queenish"
},
{
"word": "drag queenism"
}
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: drag king"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, retrieved 2022-02-05, page 37",
"text": "Donald was donning a brand new pair of pantyhose. He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon. It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance."
],
"id": "en-drag_queen-en-noun-3Cvbwa-A",
"links": [
[
"LGBT",
"LGBT"
],
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"women",
"women"
],
[
"clothing",
"clothing"
],
[
"makeup",
"makeup"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance."
],
"related": [
{
"word": "bio queen"
},
{
"word": "faux queen"
},
{
"word": "queen up"
},
{
"word": "squirrel friend"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "female impersonator"
},
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "street queen"
},
{
"word": "dragqueen"
}
],
"topics": [
"LGBT",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuōlā nǚwáng",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "拖拉女王"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànzhuāng huánghòu",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "扮裝皇后"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rényāo",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"Mainland-China",
"derogatory"
],
"word": "人妖"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "reĝinjo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "dragreĝino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag-kuningatar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "travelo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "travestí"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "drag-ḳuini",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "დრაგ-კუინი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "דראג קווין"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "מלכת דראג"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "nőimitátor"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dragdrottning"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjólasveinn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banríon draig"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dorāgu kuīn",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "ドラァグクイーン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deuraegeu kwin",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "드래그 퀸"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "transformista"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drag-kvín",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "драг-кви́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drɛg-kvín",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрэг-кви́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drag-koroléva",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "драг-короле́ва"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drɛg-koroléva",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дрэг-короле́ва"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "transformista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "druga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dragdrottning"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg",
"tags": [
"Northern-California",
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US, Northern California)"
}
],
"word": "drag queen"
}
{
"derived": [
{
"word": "drag-queendom"
},
{
"word": "drag queenery"
},
{
"word": "drag-queenese"
},
{
"word": "drag-queenish"
},
{
"word": "drag queenism"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "drag",
"3": "queen",
"t1": "women's clothing worn by men"
},
"expansion": "drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen",
"name": "compound"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "drag queens",
"tags": [
"plural"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "drag queen (plural drag queens)",
"name": "en-noun"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "noun",
"related": [
{
"word": "bio queen"
},
{
"word": "faux queen"
},
{
"word": "queen up"
},
{
"word": "squirrel friend"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"English compound terms",
"English countable nouns",
"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English lemmas",
"English multiword terms",
"English nouns",
"English slang",
"English terms with audio links",
"English terms with quotations",
"Mandarin terms with redundant transliterations",
"en:Crossdressing",
"en:Gender",
"en:LGBT",
"en:People"
],
"examples": [
{
"text": "Coordinate term: drag king"
},
{
"ref": "1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, retrieved 2022-02-05, page 37",
"text": "Donald was donning a brand new pair of pantyhose. He hadn’t shaved in a while, and he could feel his stubble snag on the nylon. It’s not pretty when a drag queen gets careless, he thought, but it was too late to do anything about it tonight.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance."
],
"links": [
[
"LGBT",
"LGBT"
],
[
"male",
"male"
],
[
"women",
"women"
],
[
"clothing",
"clothing"
],
[
"makeup",
"makeup"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(LGBT, originally slang) A person, usually male, who dresses up in women’s clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance."
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "female impersonator"
},
{
"tags": [
"dated"
],
"word": "street queen"
}
],
"topics": [
"LGBT",
"lifestyle",
"sexuality"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"audio": "En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg",
"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/cd/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cd/En-us-ncalif-dragqueen.ogg",
"tags": [
"Northern-California",
"US"
],
"text": "Audio (US, Northern California)"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "dragqueen"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tuōlā nǚwáng",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"Hong-Kong"
],
"word": "拖拉女王"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "bànzhuāng huánghòu",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "扮裝皇后"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "rényāo",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"Mainland-China",
"derogatory"
],
"word": "人妖"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "reĝinjo"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "dragreĝino"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag-kuningatar"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "travelo"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "travestí"
},
{
"code": "ka",
"lang": "Georgian",
"roman": "drag-ḳuini",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "დრაგ-კუინი"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "דראג קווין"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "מלכת דראג"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "nőimitátor"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dragdrottning"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "kjólasveinn"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "banríon draig"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "dorāgu kuīn",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "ドラァグクイーン"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "deuraegeu kwin",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "드래그 퀸"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "transformista"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drag-kvín",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "драг-кви́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drɛg-kvín",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "дрэг-кви́н"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drag-koroléva",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "драг-короле́ва"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "drɛg-koroléva",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "дрэг-короле́ва"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"word": "drag queen"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "transformista"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dragqueen"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "druga"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "male who dresses up in women's clothing",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "dragdrottning"
}
],
"word": "drag queen"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-09 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (4d5d0bb and edd475d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.
If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.