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cat·a·mite 
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| a boy or youth who is in a sexual relationship with a man. |
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catamite
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n. A boy who has a sexual relationship with a man. [Latin catamītus, from Catamītus, Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganumēdēs.] |
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catamite
1593, from L. Catamitus, corruption of Ganymedes, the beloved cup-bearer of Jupiter.
| Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| catamite | |
noun | |
| a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
Catamite
Cat"a*mite\, n. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. ?.] A boy kept for unnatural purposes.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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