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Definition of sodomite noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

sodomite

noun
 
/ˈsɒdəmaɪt/
 
/ˈsɑːdəmaɪt/
(old-fashioned, formal)
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  1. a person who practises sodomy
    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘sodomy’): via Old French from late Latin Sodomita, from Greek Sodomitēs ‘inhabitant of Sodom’, a town in ancient Palestine.
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