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CATAMITE

\kˈatɐmˌa͡ɪt], \kˈatɐmˌa‍ɪt], \k_ˈa_t_ɐ_m_ˌaɪ_t]\

Definitions of CATAMITE

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English

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A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
By Oddity Software

A boy kept for unnatural purposes.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A boy kept for heinous purposes.

1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
By Nuttall, P.Austin.

kat'a-m[=i]t, n. a boy kept for unnatural purposes--a corruption of GANYMEDE (q.v.).

1908 - Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary of the English Language
By Thomas Davidson

Sodomite\'s minion. [Latin]

1919 - The concise Oxford dictionary of current English
By Sir Augustus Henry

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