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.
Origin of onnagata
Borrowed into English from Japanese around 1900–05
Words nearby onnagata
onlooking,
only,
only game in town, the,
only too,
only-begotten,
onnagata,
onomasiology,
onomastic,
onomasticon,
onomastics,
onomatology