Look up: catamite

1. Catamite
   Cat'a·mite (kăt'ȧ*mīt) noun [ Latin Catamitus , an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Greek Ganymh`dhs .] A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
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2. catamite
   noun a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
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3. Catamite
   • (n.) A boy kept for unnatural purposes.
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4. Catamite
   A catamite is a young boy kept for homosexual sex by an older man. The practice occurred in ancient Greece, where older men would take boys with the parents permission as homosexual lovers, and in return ensured the boy received an education, thereby relieving the parents of the financial burden of ...
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5. Catamite
   Catamites, in ancient Greece, were the passive third gender partners, usually younger, that some men kept. It has the same connotations as a Berdache or a Ladyboy in other cultures. The word catamite is derived from the Latin catamitus, itself borrowed from the Etruscan catmite,...
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