Usually means: Indigenous person embodying multiple gender roles.
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  1. berdache: Merriam-Webster
  2. berdache: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. berdache: Collins English Dictionary
  4. berdache: Wiktionary
  5. berdache: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  6. berdache: Infoplease Dictionary
  7. berdache: Dictionary.com
  8. Berdache: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. berdache: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. berdache: Wordcraft Dictionary

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  1. berdache: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (berdache)

noun:  (anthropology, dated, now offensive, ethnic slur) 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.

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