berdache

n. 北美印第安人男性的异装癖者或同性恋者

发音

UK /bəˈdæʃ/
US /bɚˈdæʃ/

词形变化

berdaches 复数 berdaches

别名

berdash

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Among Native Americans, a person who identifies with any of a variety of gender identities which are not exclusively those of their biological sex; a transgender person.

    过时 冒犯

词源

From French bardache, from Italian bardassa, perhaps from Arabic بَرْدَج (bardaj, “slave”). Doublet of bardash.

来源:wiktionary