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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.
Definition 2024
pederast
pederast
English
Alternative forms
Noun
pederast (plural pederasts)
- A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
Coordinate terms
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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Translations
practitioner of pederasty
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Anagrams
Dutch
Pronunciation
Hyphenation: pe‧de‧rast
Noun
pederast m (plural pederasten, diminutive pederastje n)
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Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pɛdɛˈrast]
Noun
pederast m (plural pederaști)
Declension
declension of pederast