"female impersonator" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1908, O. Henry, “The Hand That Riles The World”, in The Gentle Grafter",
          "text": "About the only job left that a woman can beat a man in is female impersonator in vaudeville.",
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        {
          "ref": "2009 June 3, William Grimes, “Danny La Rue, Female Impersonator, Dies at 81”, in New York Times, retrieved 2015-10-13",
          "text": "Danny La Rue, a female impersonator who became one of the highest-paid performers on the British stage by bringing sophistication and spectacle to a form of entertainment previously regarded as dubious, died at his home in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, on Sunday.",
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        "A male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman."
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        "(performing arts) A male entertainer who performs cross-dressed as a woman."
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          "word": "drag queen"
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