Meaning & use
sodomizer
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Meanings
nouncountableformallegalrare
A person who performs anal sex on another person, especially in a legal or formal context.
Grammar: Countable noun; plural is sodomizers. Often used in legal or formal writing.
Patterns
- a sodomizer of someone
- accused as a sodomizer
The court charged him as a sodomizer under the old law.
In legal documents, the term sodomizer is used to describe the person who commits the act.
nouncountablerareformal
A person who has anal sex with another person, used in general descriptions.
Grammar: Countable noun; used in general descriptions but still rare and often formal.
Patterns
- sodomizer of someone
The article described him as a sodomizer, which shocked some readers.
In some historical texts, a sodomizer was someone who engaged in anal intercourse.
Word forms
| plural | sodomizers |
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Common combinations
- accused sodomizer
- The accused sodomizer faced trial in the local court.
- convicted sodomizer
- He was labeled a convicted sodomizer after the verdict.
- sodomizer of children
- The law specifically targets a sodomizer of children.
Synonyms and how they differ
- sodomite
- Sodomite is an older term with similar meaning but is now often considered offensive; sodomizer is more neutral in legal contexts.
- anal rapist
- This term emphasizes lack of consent and is a criminal act, while sodomizer may refer to any anal sex act, consensual or not.
Word family
Commonly confused: sodomizer or sodomite?
sodomizer vs sodomite
Sodomite is an older, often offensive term for a person who engages in sodomy; sodomizer is a more recent and legal term.
Practice
In legal contexts, which term is most neutral for a person who performs anal sex?
Choose one answer.
Sodomizer is the most neutral legal term; sodomite is older and often offensive, bugger is informal and sometimes offensive, and pederast specifically refers to sex with a boy.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “sodomizer”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.