berdache
[ ber-dash ]
/ bərˈdæʃ /
noun
Older Use: Sometimes Offensive. two-spirit (def. 1).
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Origin of berdache
1800–10; <North American French; French bardache passive partner in sodomy, boy prostitute <South Italian bardascia<Arabic bardaj slave <Persian bardah
Words nearby berdache
berbice chair, berceuse, Berchta, Berchtesgaden, Bercy, berdache, Berdichev, Berdyaev, Berdyansk, Berdyayev, Berea
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