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ped·er·ast

 (pĕd′ə-răst′)
n.
A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.

[Greek paiderastēs : pais, paid-, child; see pedo-2 + erastēs, lover (from erasthai, to love).]

ped′er·as′ty n.
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pederast

(ˈpɛdəˌræst) or sometimes

paederast

n
a man who practises pederasty
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ped•er•ast

(ˈpɛd əˌræst, ˈpi də-)

n.
a man who engages in pederasty.
[1720–30; < Greek paiderastḗs lover of boys =paid- ped- + erastḗs lover, derivative of erân to love, with -tēs agent suffix]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.pederast - a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner
degenerate, deviant, deviate, pervert - a person whose behavior deviates from what is acceptable especially in sexual behavior
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Translations

pederast

[ˈpedəræst] Npederasta mf
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pederast

nPäderast m
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pederast

[ˈpɛdərˌæst] npederasta m
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In the fourth part of the novel, Chapter 26, I came across the most moving passage, delivered by one of my favorite characters, the Marseille-born expat criminal, pederast, and modern-day dandy Didier Levy, who drew parallelisms between the Indians and the Italians.
he died in the arms of the couratesan Aiosha his successor was Saif Ali, a pederast with pious airs, as vicious as a red donkey, who succumbed six months later to the sin of gluttony leaving the crown to Saif Jibril who, Slain by the sin of indiscretion was replaced by Said Yussifi.".
Instead, he produces a sustained analysis of the crude sexual jokes that Crowley makes in The Scented Garden, not least at the conclusion of the volume where the virile pederast surprisingly "reveals that he is ready for Habib to slip his boyishly sized 'almond member ...
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The Forensic Medicine Authority, HRW said, relies on theories popularised by an 1857 French medical text by Auguste Ambroise Tardieu, who argued that a "habitual pederast" who was sexually "passive" (receptive, or a "bottom") could be identified by different signs, one of which is the "extreme dilation of the anal orifice".
Harcourt's predilection for young children was tolerated by his circle, who knew he was a pederast, especially his fellow politician, Reginald Brett, 2nd Viscount Esher, one time Secretary to the Board of Works, and supplier to him of young children from Eton.
Russian homophobia is almost exclusively directed at men, and includes insinuations that Putin is a pederast, and that his recently assassinated opponent Boris Nemtsov was raped in prison.
Former Tory Minister Edwina Currie told in her autobiography how Morrison was a "noted pederast".
A pederast and sadist, he took most of us twelve-year-olds to a room
Judge Teague jailed Daly for eight years and added an extended licence of five years, saying: "I have no doubt you are a dangerous pederast."
This is partly because the description of Mikey and Joey innocently enjoying a summer day--until their play is terrifyingly interrupted by a pederast who first cajoles and then attacks Joey--is inserted into the narrative only after the reader has learned about Joey's death when he jumped from a stolen horse-car ride.