Meanings
plural drag queens · alternative dragqueen
- A person, usually a male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
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.
1996, Robert Rodi, Drag Queen, New York: Dutton, →ISBN, retrieved 05 Feb 2022, page 37Synonyms: female impersonator, street queen
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person, usually a male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
Origin
From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic مُمَثِّلُ بِلِبَاسٍ اِمْرَأَةٍ, دْرَاج كْوِين
- مُمَثِّلُ بِلِبَاسٍ اِمْرَأَةٍ (mumaṯṯilu bilibāsin imraʔatin)male who dresses up in women's clothing
- دْرَاج كْوِين (drāg kwīn)male who dresses up in women's clothing
- دْرَاق كْوِين (drāg kwīn)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Chinese Mandarin 扮裝皇后, 變裝皇后 /变装皇后
- 扮裝皇后 (bànzhuāng huánghòu)male who dresses up in women's clothing
- 變裝皇后 /变装皇后 (biànzhuāng huánghòu)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Dutch dragqueen
- dragqueenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Esperanto reĝinjo, dragreĝino
- reĝinjomale who dresses up in women's clothing
- dragreĝinomale who dresses up in women's clothing
Finnish drag-kuningatar, drag queen
- drag-kuningatarmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- drag queenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
French drag queen, travelo
- drag queenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- travelomale who dresses up in women's clothing
German Dragqueen
- Dragqueenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Hebrew דראג קווין, מלכת דראג
- דראג קוויןmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- מלכת דראגmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Hungarian nőimitátor
- nőimitátormale who dresses up in women's clothing
Icelandic dragdrottning, kjólasveinn
- dragdrottningmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- kjólasveinnmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Irish banríon draig
- banríon draigmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Japanese ドラァグクイーン
- ドラァグクイーン (dorāgu kuīn)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Korean 드래그 퀸
- 드래그 퀸 (deuraegeu kwin)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Malay ratu leret
- ratu leretmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Māori kuīni whakarākei
- kuīni whakarākeimale who dresses up in women's clothing
Polish drag queen
- drag queenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Portuguese drag queen, transformista
- drag queenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- transformistamale who dresses up in women's clothing
- rainha do arrastemale who dresses up in women's clothing
Russian дрэг-кви́н, дрэг-короле́ва
- дрэг-кви́н (drɛg-kvín)male who dresses up in women's clothing
- дрэг-короле́ва (drɛg-koroléva)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Spanish drag queen, transformista
- drag queenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- transformistamale who dresses up in women's clothing
Swedish dragqueen, druga
- dragqueenmale who dresses up in women's clothing
- drugamale who dresses up in women's clothing
- dragdrottningmale who dresses up in women's clothing
Ukrainian дреґ-кві́н, дреґ-короле́ва
- дреґ-кві́н (dreg-kvín)male who dresses up in women's clothing
- дреґ-короле́ва (dreg-koroléva)male who dresses up in women's clothing
Cite this entry
drag queen. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%20queen
“drag queen.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%20queen. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “drag queen,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/drag%20queen.
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