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drag king

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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).

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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.

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