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on⋅na⋅ga⋅ta

  [on-uh-gah-tuh; Japn. awn-nah-gah-tah]
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–noun
a male actor in kabuki who performs female roles.
Origin:
1900–05; < Japn
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onnagata 
in Kabuki and similar drama, a man who plays female roles, 1901, from Jap., from onna "woman" + kata "figure."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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