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Webster 1913 Edition


Pederast

Ped′er-ast

,
Noun.
[Gr.
παιδεραστής
;
παῖς
,
παιδός
, a boy +
ἐρᾶν
to love: cf. F.
pédéraste
.]
One guilty of pederasty; a sodomite.

Webster 1828 Edition


Pederast

PED'ERAST

,
Noun.
[Gr. a boy, and love.] A sodomite.

Definition 2024


pederast

pederast

English

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Noun

pederast (plural pederasts)

  1. A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.

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Usage notes

  • The term pederast has sometimes been incorrectly used to describe men sexually involved with pre-pubescent girls, or child-rapists who don't have any ongoing relationship with the child. For an adult fixated on only sexual involvement with prepubescent children, or for heterosexual child-eroticism, pedophile is used instead. However, it's important to note that pedophile and pedophilia refer only to the desire, not to the act, so pedophiles may not have been sexually involved with children. The female equivalent is a korephile.

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Albanian

Noun

pederast m

  1. pederast

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Czech

Noun

pederast m

  1. pederast

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Dutch

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: pe‧de‧rast

Noun

pederast m (plural pederasten, diminutive pederastje n)

  1. pederast

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Romanian

Etymology

From French pédéraste.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [pɛdɛˈrast]

Noun

pederast m (plural pederaști)

  1. pederast

Declension

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Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /peděrast/
  • Hyphenation: pe‧de‧rast

Noun

pedèrast m (Cyrillic spelling педѐраст)

  1. pederast

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