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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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Quebec, along with its catamites Manitoba, New Brunswick and P.
1) He does not moralize about catamites, is willing to recognize Ottoman cultural achievements, and does not assume a racial hierarchy in which "Turks" are necessarily barbarous and cruel.
On Meyers's own evidence (whose accuracy I am not in a position to test), Maugham was far from repressed: he had an active sexual life until he was in his late eighties, he had many lovers, sailors were procured for him from the ports of the Mediterranean coast of France and brought to the Villa Mauresque, and there was no shortage of catamites during his oriental voyages.
 
 
 
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