drag queen

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drag queen

/dɹæɡ kwiːn/ UK
[ˈdɹʷæɡ kwiːn] UK
[d͡ʒɹʷæɡ kwiːn] UK
/dɹæɡ kwin/ US
[ˈdɹʷæɡ kwin] US
[d͡ʒɹʷæɡ kwin] US
/dɹaɡ kwiːn/ British, Northern England, Southern
[ˈdɹʷaɡ kwiːn] British, Northern England, Southern
[d͡ʒɹʷaɡ kwiːn] British, Northern England, Southern
/dɾaɡ kwiːn/ Scotland, Wales
/dɹæːɡ kwiːn/ Australia
[ˈdɹʷæːɡ kwiːn] Australia
[d͡ʒɹʷæːɡ kwiːn] Australia
/dɹɛɡ kwiːn/ New Zealand
[ˈdɹʷɛɡ kwiːn] New Zealand
[d͡ʒɹʷɛɡ kwiːn] New Zealand
/dɹeɪɡ kwin/
[ˈdɹʷeɪ̯ɡ kwin]
[d͡ʒɹʷeɪ̯ɡ kwin]

Where it comes from

From drag (“women's clothing worn by men”) + queen.

noun drag queens · 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.
Similar: female impersonator, street queen

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noun male who dresses up in women's clothing

Español	drag queen, transformista
한국어	드래그 퀸 deuraegeu kwin
日本語	ドラァグクイーン dorāgu kuīn
中文	扮裝皇后 bànzhuāng huánghòu, 變裝皇后 /变装皇后 biànzhuāng huánghòu
Português	drag queen, transformista, rainha do arraste
Français	drag queen, travelo
Deutsch	Dragqueen
Русский	дрэг-кви́н drɛg-kvín, дрэг-короле́ва drɛg-koroléva
العربية	مُمَثِّلُ بِلِبَاسٍ اِمْرَأَةٍ mumaṯṯilu bilibāsin imraʔatin, دْرَاج كْوِين drāg kwīn, دْرَاق كْوِين drāg kwīn
עברית	דראג קווין, מלכת דראג

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@misc{drag_queen_2026,
  title = {drag queen},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/drag%20queen},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}