Phrase guide

drag queen

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A person, usually male, who dresses up in women's clothing and makeup, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: female impersonator, street queen

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transvestite

History

Etymology

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

Across languages

Translations

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مُمَثِّلُ بِلِبَاسٍ اِمْرَأَةٍ (mumaṯṯilu bilibāsin imraʔatin) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Arabic: دْرَاج كْوِين (drāg kwīn) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Arabic: دْرَاق كْوِين (drāg kwīn) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 扮裝皇后 (bànzhuāng huánghòu) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Chinese Mandarin: 變裝皇后 /变装皇后 (biànzhuāng huánghòu) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Cornish: arlodhes kadys — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Dutch: dragqueen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Esperanto: reĝinjo — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Esperanto: dragreĝino — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Finnish: drag-kuningatar — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Finnish: drag queen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • French: drag queen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • French: travelo — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Galician: travestí — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Georgian: დრაგ-კუინი (drag-ḳuini) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • German: Dragqueen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Hebrew: דראג קווין — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Hebrew: מלכת דראג — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Hungarian: nőimitátor — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Icelandic: dragdrottning — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Icelandic: kjólasveinn — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Irish: banríon draig — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Japanese: ドラァグクイーン (dorāgu kuīn) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Korean: 드래그 퀸 (deuraegeu kwin) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Malay: ratu leret — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Māori: kuīni whakarākei — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Polish: drag queen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Portuguese: drag queen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Portuguese: transformista — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Russian: дрэг-кви́н (drɛg-kvín) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Russian: дрэг-короле́ва (drɛg-koroléva) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Spanish: drag queen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Spanish: transformista — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Swedish: dragqueen — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Swedish: druga — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Swedish: dragdrottning — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Ukrainian: дреґ-кві́н (dreg-kvín) — male who dresses up in women's clothing
  • Ukrainian: дреґ-короле́ва (dreg-koroléva) — male who dresses up in women's clothing