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Word: Berdache
Speech Type: Noun
early 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Henry (1739–1824). Apparently from North American French bardache, † berdache, transferred use of French bardache, probably on account of European associations between transvestism and homosexuality
Among certain North American Indian peoples: a person (usually a man) who is recognized as having adopted a gender role intermediate between those traditionally associated with men and women. Later also in extended use with reference to other societies.
- berdêche
- bardash
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