drag queen

noun

plural drag queens

: a person and especially a man who performs as an entertainer in usually female drag (see drag entry 3 sense 2a)

Drag queens, who are traditionally male, dress in "drag" as female characters.—

Laura Wavra

For the past decade, (basically since RuPaul started Drag Race) traditional drag queens (ie, cis men performing as female characters) have been blowing up in the popular zeitgeist …—

Brittany Knupper

Drag is not simply female impersonation, but involves drag queens exaggerating femininity and drag kings exaggerating masculinity.—

Shannon Kelly

[Victoria] Sin is a female-bodied non-binary drag queen, examining how Western ideals of femininity are produced and consumed.—

Amrou Al-Kadhi

They are a black, non-binary drag queen with a beard in a part of the country that has a reputation for being anti-LGBTQ+.—

Bailey Shelton

Examples of drag queen in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Features special appearance by drag queen The Lady Phaedra, and soprano Victoria Okafor. $18-$45. —

Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 25 Oct. 2024 Until, that is, a drag queen sneaks into the party and tips a bucket of blood over her head from on high. —

Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024 The two-time RuPaul’s Drag Race runner-up is bringing her familiar infectious energy to the E! reality show alongside villainous competitors from Survivor, Big Brother, The Real Housewives and more shows — but the outspoken star is also making history as the show’s first drag queen. —

Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 13 Oct. 2024 Meanwhile, in June 2022, far-right extremists raided a California library’s drag queen story hour and began harassing children at the event. —

Abby Monteil, Them, 8 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for drag queen

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