pederast
/ˈpɛdəɹæst/noun
pederast is a noun meaning “A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-E-D-E-R-A-S-T, and it appears about once in every 19 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of pederast is pederasts.
What does pederast mean?
noun
- 1
A man who is engaged in an erotic relationship with an adolescent boy; a practitioner of pederasty.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce pederast?
- US /ˈpɛdəɹæst/
- US /ˈpidəɹæst/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-pederast.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of pederast
- pederasts plural
- paederast UK
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is pederast?
Pederast appears about once in every 19 million words in written English, the 133,440th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Pederast in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense practitioner of pederasty:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does pederast come from?
Borrowed from French pédéraste, from Ancient Greek παιδεραστής (paiderastḗs, “lover of boys”), from παῖς (paîs, “boy”) and ἐραστής (erastḗs, “lover”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).