pederast
A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boyA man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
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» He was a pederast.
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Examples
3 sentencesHe was a pederast.
Tom is a pederast.
Stalin recriminalized homosexuality and called gay men "pederasts," similar to the modern Republican slur "groomer."
Meaning
1 sensesA man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
Päderast
педера́стpederást, содоми́тsodomít, пе́дикpédik
педера́стpederást
- a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
Origin
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boyBorrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
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plural: pederastsSynonyms
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