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sodomite (n.)

late 14c., from Old French Sodomite "inhabitant of Sodom; sodomite," also a general term of abuse, or directly from Late Latin Sodomita, from Greek Sodomites "inhabitant of Sodom" (see Sodom, also sodomy). Related: Sodomitical. Old English had adjective sodomitisc. The King James Bible (1611) has fem. form sodomitesse in a marginal note to "whore" in Deuteronomy xxiii.17.

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Definitions of sodomite from WordNet

sodomite (n.)
someone who engages in anal copulation (especially a male who engages in anal copulation with another male);
Synonyms: sodomist / sod / bugger
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