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drag king

noun

Etymology

From drag (“men's clothing worn by women”) + king, by analogy with drag queen. First use appears c. 1954 in the newspaper National City News (California).

  1. inherited from kyngen — “to perform the duties of a king”
  2. inherited from kyngen
  3. inherited from *kuningaz✻
  4. inherited from *kuning✻
  5. inherited from cyng
  6. inherited from king
  7. compounded as drag king — “drag + king”

Definitions

  1. A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated…

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

    • Part of an ongoing ethnography of an imperial sovereign court I am undertaking, this chapter explores the world of the lesbian drag king and the gendered performance she undertakes in this realm.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA