Definition of berdache
sometimes offensive
: an American Indian who assumes the dress, social status, and role of the opposite sex
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Origin and Etymology of berdache
American French, alteration of French bardache catamite, from Italian dialect (southern Italy) bardascio, from Arabic bardaj slave, from Persian bardag prisoner, from Middle Persian vartak
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