onnagata

[ on-uh-gah-tuh; Japanese awn-nah-gah-tah ]

/ ˌɒn əˈgɑ tə; Japanese ˈɔn nɑˈgɑ tɑ /

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noun

a male actor in kabuki who performs female roles.

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His boss, whom he admires, is waiting to meet with him about the big project.

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Origin of onnagata

Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1900–05

Words nearby onnagata

only, only-begotten, only too, on-message, on-mike, onnagata, on no account, o.n.o., on occasion, on-off, onomasiology