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berdache|bəˈdæʃ|
Also berdash.
[ad. F. bardache: see bardash.]
Among N. American Indians: a transvestite (see esp. quot. 1955).
1806A. Henry Jrnl. 21 July in E. Coues New Light Hist. Greater Northwest (1897) I. 348 The Mandanes..often prefer a young man to a woman. They have many berdashes amongst them, who make it their business to satisfy such beastly passions. 1843H. S. Lloyd tr. Maximilian's Trav. N. Amer. xxv. 351 Among all the North American Indian nations there are men dressed and treated like women, called, by the Canadians, Bardaches. 1906R. G. Thwaites Early Western Trav. XXIII. 284 The berdash was noted by most early travellers among Western Indians. 1912Anthrop. Pap. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist. IX. 226 Berdaches naturally associate with girls and pretend to have sweethearts among men. 1949M. Mead Male & Female vi. 129 Among many American Indian tribes the berdache, the man who dressed and lived as a woman, was a recognized social institution. 1955Angelino & Shedd in Amer. Anthropologist LVIII. 125 In view of the data we propose that berdache be characterized as an individual of a definite physiological sex (male or female) who assumes the role and status of the opposite sex, and who is viewed by the community..as having assumed the role and status of the opposite sex. |