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catamite

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cat·a·mite  (kt-mt)
n.
A boy who has a sexual relationship with a man.

[Latin catamtus, from Catamtus, Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganumds.]

catamite [ˈkætəˌmaɪt]
n
a boy kept for homosexual purposes
[from Latin Catamītus, variant of Ganymēdēs Ganymede1]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.catamite - a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
boy, male child - a youthful male person; "the baby was a boy"; "she made the boy brush his teeth every night"; "most soldiers are only boys in uniform"


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Other biblical versions prefer different translations such as Weichlinge, Knabenschander, catamites, sodomites, invertidos, afeminados, effeminate.
For reasons of personal revenge, Silures/Buckingham, "the Catamite of our time," blocks the Spanish marriage negotiations.
Homosexual activists identify these as lesbians, sodomites, catamites, sado- masochists, and possibly pedophiles cohabiting from one to three years depending on the legislation targeted for "modernizing".
 
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