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Catamite definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

CATAMITE, n. A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Latin catamitus, from Catamitus Ganymede, from Etruscan Catmite, from Greek Ganym?d?s Date: 1593 a boy kept by a pederast

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a boy kept for homosexual practices. 2 the passive partner in sodomy. Etymology: L catamitus through Etruscan f. Gk Ganumedes Ganymede, cupbearer of Zeus

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Catamite Cat"a*mite, n. [L. Catamitus, an old form of Ganymedes Ganymede, Gr. ?.] A boy kept for unnatural purposes.