drag king

English

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).

Noun

drag king (plural drag kings)

a group of seated drag kings

1. (colloquial, LGBTQ) A person, usually female, who dresses up in men's clothing, typically in an exaggerated fashion and for public performance.
   • 1973, Abstracts in Anthropology, volume 4, Google Books:

     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.

Hypernyms

• transvestite

Coordinate terms

• drag queen

Translations

female who dresses up in men's clothing

• Esperanto: dragreĝo, reĝiĉjo
• French: drag king (fr)
• Georgian: დრაგ-კინგი (drag-ḳingi)
• Hungarian: férfiimitátor
• Portuguese: drag king (pt) m