female impersonator

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So fully did Mr. Humphries animate Edna that he was at continued pains to point out that he was neither a female impersonator in the conventional sense nor a cross-dresser in any sense.

From New York Times • Apr. 22, 2023

Morrison, who has performed as a female impersonator for many years and hosted a drag show fundraiser for his campaign, could become the first gay person elected to the Delaware General Assembly.

From Washington Times • Sep. 12, 2020

A country boy falls for a female impersonator and joins the circus despite his father.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2020

The news that Ellynne is importing a female impersonator from Germany “has raised some eyebrows, as you can probably imagine,” she said.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2019

In April 1823 another female impersonator of this part appeared—not very successfully—in Miss Clara Fisher, with Farren as Archer.

From The Beaux-Stratagem by Farquhar, George