Pederast

//ˈpɛd.ɚ.ɹæst// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
  2. 2
    a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).

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