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ped⋅er⋅ast

[ped-uh-rast, pee-duh-]
–noun
a person who engages in pederasty.

Origin:
1720–30; < Gk paiderasts lover of boys, equiv. to paid- (s. of paîs) boy, child + erasts lover, equiv. to eras-, s. of erân to love + -tēs agent n. suffix
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ped·er·ast   (pěd'ə-rāst')   
n.  A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.

[Greek paiderastēs : pais, paid-, child; see pedo-2 + erastēs, lover (from erāsthai, to love).]
ped'er·as'ty n.
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pederast [(ped-uh-rast)]

A man who engages in anal intercourse with boys.

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Main Entry: ped·er·ast
Pronunciation: 'ped-&-"rast
Variant: or chiefly British pae·der·ast /'pEd-/
Function:noun
: one that practices pederasty
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pederast ped·er·ast (pěd'ə-rāst')
n.
A man who has sexual relations, especially anal intercourse, with a boy.


ped'er·as'ty n.

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