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berdache
[ ber-dash ]
/ bərˈdæʃ /
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noun
Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. two-spirit (def. 1).
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Origin of berdache
First recorded in 1800–10; from North American French; French bardache “catamite,” from South Italian bardassa, bardascia “boy, young man,” posssibly from Arabic bardaj “captive,” from Persian bardah, wardag
Words nearby berdache
berbice chair, berceuse, Berchta, Berchtesgaden, Bercy, berdache, Berdiansk, Berdichev, Berdyaev, Berdyansk, Berdyayev
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How to use berdache in a sentence
Hence probably the astounding berdache chiefs of the tale: they are imagined in order to provide the fitting dance setting.
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