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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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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, on-off phenomenon
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