onnagata
[ on-uh-gah-tuh; Japanese awn-nah-gah-tah ]
/ ˌɒn əˈgɑ tə; Japanese ˈɔn nɑˈgɑ tɑ /
noun
a male actor in kabuki who performs female roles.
Nearby words
onlooking, only, only game in town, the, only too, only-begotten, onnagata, onomasiology, onomastic, onomasticon, onomastics, onomatology
Origin of onnagata
Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1900–05
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