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Definition of Berdache
1. Noun. (anthropology) 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. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Berdache
1. an American Indian male transvestite [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Berdache
Literary usage of Berdache
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Sun Dance of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1915)
"_ She faced west, the captive east, the berdache north. ... At the same time the
captive and berdache also made corresponding motions of pretense. ..."
2. Snakebite by William Torphy, Paul Gowack, Paul Gowack, William Torphy (2005)
"“berdache. A wise man. He's a healer. The same as a medicine man. ... “Well, for
one thing, Navajos believe that a berdache can speak with the spirit world ..."
3. Social Life of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1912)
"1 At present there is but one surviving berdache, who lives in the Bighorn District.
I saw him once at Lodge Grass. He is probably over fifty years of age, ..."
4. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"It was said that a man formerly living on Wolf Creek once married a berdache.
For further discussion the reader is referred to JO Dorsey, a, 467. ..."
5. Myths and Traditions of the Crow Indians by Robert Harry Lowie (1918)
"... pole for the Sun lodge, and had a woman slave painted red for the berdache
ceremony. A special song was sung. They feigned chopping the tree four times, ..."
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