pederast

UK: /ˈpɛdəˌræst/ US: (ped′ə rast′, pē′də-)

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ped•er•ast  (ped′ə rast′, pē′də-), n. 

1. Psychiatry a person who engages in pederasty.

• Greek paiderasté̄s lover of boys, equivalent. to paid- (stem of paîs) boy, child + erasté̄s lover, equivalent. to eras-, stem of erân to love + -tēs agent noun, nominal suffix
• 1720–30

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pederast, (sometimes)paederast / ˈpɛdəˌræst/ noun

1. a man who practises pederasty

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ped•er•as•ty /ˈpɛdəˌræsti, ˈpidə-/   n. [uncountable]

1. Psychiatry sexual relations between a man and a boy.

ped•er•ast, n. [countable] See -ped-².

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ped•er•as•ty  (ped′ə ras′tē, pē′də-), n. 

1. Psychiatry sexual relations between two males, esp. when one of them is a minor.

• Greek paiderastía love of boys. See pederast, -y³
• Neo-Latin pederastia
• 1605–15

ped′er•as′tic, adj. 
ped′er•as′ti•calsyl>ly, adv. 

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paederast / ˈpɛdəˌræst/ noun

1. a less common spelling of pederast