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Meaning of "drag king" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DRAG KING

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DRAG KING

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Drag king is a noun.
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WHAT DOES DRAG KING MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Drag king

Drag kings are mostly female performance artists who dress in masculine drag and personify male gender stereotypes as part of their routine. A typical show may incorporate dancing and singing, sometimes live or lip-synching to pre-recorded tracks. Drag kings often perform as exaggeratedly macho male characters, portray marginalized masculinities such as construction workers, rappers, or "fag drag," or they will impersonate male celebrities like Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, and Tim McGraw. In the late 1800s and early 1900s several drag kings became British music hall stars, and British pantomime has preserved the tradition of women performing in male roles. Starting in the mid-1990s drag kings have begun to gain some of the fame and attention that drag queens have known.

Definition of drag king in the English dictionary

The definition of drag king in the dictionary is a female who dresses as a man and impersonates male characteristics for public entertainment. Other definition of drag king is a female transvestite.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DRAG KING

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WORDS THAT END LIKE DRAG KING

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Synonyms and antonyms of drag king in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «drag king» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DRAG KING

Find out the translation of drag king to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of drag king from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «drag king» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

王拖累
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

drag king
570 millions of speakers

English

drag king
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

खींचें राजा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السحب الملك
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

перетащить король
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

drag king
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

রাজা টানুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

glisser roi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Seret raja
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Drag King
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ドラッグ王
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

드래그 왕
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Drag king
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

kéo vua
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ராஜாவை இழுக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ड्रॅग किंग
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kral kral
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

drag king
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

drag king
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

перетягнути король
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

trageți rege
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

drag king
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

drag king
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

drag king
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

drag king
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of drag king

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DRAG KING»

The term «drag king» is regularly used and occupies the 96.547 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about drag king

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DRAG KING»

Discover the use of drag king in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to drag king and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The drag king book
First book on drag kings--women who dress up as men
Del LaGrace Volcano, Judith Halberstam, 1999
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The Drag King Anthology
Dispelling the myth that drag kings are simply "women doing drag", The Drag King Anthology presents enlightening essays that address gender, sexuality and feminism.
Donna Jean Troka, Kathleen LeBesco, Jean Bobby Noble, 2002
3
Drag King Dreams
A follow-up to Stone Butch Blues finds East Village bouncer-turned-bartender Max Rabinowitz struggling through a mid-life crisis in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, experiencing outrage at the wars in the Middle East, and ...
Leslie Feinberg, 2006
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Female Masculinity
The Drag King Show The drag king contests at Hershe Bar set the stage for the proliferation of drag king nightclub culture in New York City. Although performance artists such as Diane Torr remind us that drag king culture has existed on and ...
Judith Halberstam, 1998
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Encyclopedia of Gender and Society
Rumors have described the first introduction of the term drag king originating as a response to their male counterpart, the drag queen (men performing femininity), and drag queen's influence on popular culture. Another rumor is that the word ...
Jodi O'Brien, 2009
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The Advocate
She's king of the road On a 30-city North American tour, drag king extraordinaire Mo Fischer— better known as Mo B. Dick— takes gender-bending to the heartland By Cathay Che w I've never been a mainstream person, and I've worked hard ...
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The Subcultures Reader
the regular drag king shows that take place weekly at Club Casanova. The drag king contests in New York paid cash prizes and often attracted non-white and non- middle-class audiences and participants. They were marked by a notable lack ...
Ken Gelder, 2005
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Sons of the Movement: FtMs Risking Incoherance on a ...
I saw my first drag king show on June 29, 1995, when the Greater Toronto Drag King Society staged a “Drag King Invasion I,” at a Toronto drag bar called El Convento Rico to an audience of about 600 screaming fans. It was quite a ride that ...
Jean Bobby Noble, 2006
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Artists, Performers, and Black Masculinity in the Haitian ...
It was performer Mo B. Dick, though, who truly inspired and encouraged Dréd's entering the world of drag king performance. As the artist recalls, it was Mo B. Dick who invited Dréd to enter her first drag king contest. According to Halberstam ...
Jana Evans Braziel, 2008
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Routledge International Encyclopedia of Queer Culture
DRAG KING dressing men displayed their refashioning of both clothing and gender. Through various talent categories, participants competed over their performative 'realness'. The film Paris Is Burning and voguing, a dance craze, were two ...
David A. Gerstner, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DRAG KING»

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Empire Season 2 Spoiler: Premiere Will Have an Amazing “Drag …
According to E!, the Empire Season 2 premiere will feature "a drag KING version of one of the characters that is NOT to be missed." Fun! «Wetpaint, Jul 15»
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'Empire' Season 2 Spoilers: 10 Guest Stars And Cast Additions To …
E! Online reported a new spoiler that suggested one of the more famous cast members was going to get a “drag KING” impersonator of their ... «International Business Times, Jul 15»
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Spoiler Chat: Scoop on Empire, The Flash, Teen Wolf, Nashville …
Not like we thought you'd miss the season two premiere any way, but how about these tease to sweeten the deal: we'll be seeing a drag KING ... «E! Online, Jul 15»
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Drag Kings are heating up Melbourne's winter
But that's not all the Drag King action that'll keep you warm this winter, as Drag King Superstar Sexy Galexy will head an all star cast in ... «Same Same, Jul 15»
5
Feminist Filmmaker Meets Boss Bitch Rapper
She and Barry met a few years ago, in a bar in Greenpoint, where Saint Jude was performing in South Africa's first drag king troupes called ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»
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Sex Garage raid a turning point in Montreal's LGBT activism
Nathalie Théoret (a.k.a. Montreal drag king Nat King Pole) also left early, anticipating trouble. “We were used to the cops harassing us, it was a ... «Montreal Gazette, Jun 15»
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I have protested, marched for EDM: Ma Faiza
It was so huge - with comedy, a documentary, a queer market, trapeze artistes, dancers, and a drag king and queen. It was not only for gay ... «Hindustan Times, Jun 15»
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East Side Pride open to everyone
Highlights of the festival, hosted by drag king Rose Butch — recent winner of the Mr./Mrs. Cobalt Drag Competition — include drag ... «Vancouver Courier, Jun 15»
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John Waters Says He Never Actually Came Out As Gay Because …
I think it's a great drag king name.” Waters said he was tickled to be asked to give advice to the students and receive an honorary degree. «Huffington Post, Jun 15»
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A Pride of LGBT Theater Fests
Day 1 Queerly shows include “Lipsynk Karaoke,” in which sometimes drag king Stanley Epps (aka full-time performance artist Jennifer Nikki ... «Chelsea Now, Jun 15»

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