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PEDERAST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does pederast mean?
• PEDERAST (noun)
The noun PEDERAST has 1 sense:
1. a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
Familiarity information: PEDERAST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
child molester; paederast; pederast
Hypernyms ("pederast" is a kind of...):
degenerate; deviant; deviate; pervert (a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior)
Derivation:
pederastic (of homosexuality between a man and a boy)
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