pederast

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Next he'll accuse Watson of being a pederast.

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a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

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noun

a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for pederast.

noun

a man who has sex (usually sodomy) with a boy as the passive partner

Example sentences

Next he'll accuse Watson of being a pederast.

I accuse you of being a pederast - therefore you should report yourself to the police?

Both in ancient Greece and feudal Japan, pederasty was common and accepted.

The old joke about this comes from Bertrand Russell and went something like this: "I love children, you are a scout leader, they are a pederast.

The subtext is: it's implied by either pedophilia or pederasty.

Pretty much every writer in antiquity was either a slaver or pederasts by modern standards.

People are downvoting you because you're literally defending a pederast nazi.

Should we assume that you're talking about an underage girl?If you're going to engage in this sort of weird pedantry you should be careful lest you paint yourself a pederast.

Maradona was an excellent football player without a doubt but all he’s done for decades now is getting a renown for being a cocaine addict, a communist, and a pederast.

Possibly from Old English derogatory term bddel and its diminutive bdling "effeminate man, hermaphrodite, pederast"

You have to apologise for having been friends with and having received money from someone you didn't know was a pederast?Excusatio non petita, accusatio manifesta.

Greece once tolerated homosexuality, especially when practiced through pederasty, for instance.