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pederast

[ped-uh-rast, pee-duh-]
noun
  1. a person who engages in pederasty.
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Origin of pederast

1720–30; < Greek paiderastḗs lover of boys, equivalent to paid- (stem of paîs) boy, child + erastḗs lover, equivalent to eras-, stem of erân to love + -tēs agent noun suffix
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Examples from the Web for pederast

Historical Examples

  • The boté is not a pederast, although pederasty occurs among these Indians.

    Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 2 (of 6)

    Havelock Ellis

  • The terms "paiderastia" and "pederast" are sometimes used to indicate the same act and agent.

British Dictionary definitions for pederast

pederast

sometimes paederast

noun
  1. a man who practises pederasty
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Word Origin and History for pederast

n.

1730s, from French pédéraste, from Latin paederasta, from Greek paiderastes "a lover of boys" (see pederasty).

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pederast in Medicine

pederast

(pĕd′ə-răst′)
n.
  1. A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.
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Related formsped′er•as′ty n.
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pederast in Culture

pederast

[(ped-uh-rast)]

A man who engages in anal intercourse with boys.

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