Old Word For Young Lover Crossword Clue

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	noun • a man who is the lover of a man or woman
	23%	8		A term used in ancient Greece for a young male lover
	noun • a boy who submits to a sexual relationship with a man
	23%	7		Term for a young male lover in ancient Greece
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	Clue	Source
1	Derived from Old Frankish, Old Saxon, and Old Frisian
2	Destroying the Four Olds: Old Customs, Old Culture, Old Habits, and Old Ideas
3	From an old word for a blue gem thought to be an aquamarine or a sapphire, a larkspur that sprang from the blood of a lover of Apollo; a pink, purple, violet or white liliaceous spring flower; or, cinnamon stone Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 04 Mar 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 04 Mar 2023
4	From old Dutch for “lover”, a word for a darling, sweetheart or male chum originally, later a ruffian, overbearing thug or tormentor Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 14 Oct 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 14 Oct 2023
5	If a bibliophile is a lover of books, what is a cynophile a lover of? New York Times Mini - 26 Dec 2021	New York Times Mini / 26 Dec 2021
6	Lover's vow shocked artless female lover The Guardian Cryptic - 11 Sep 2018	The Guardian Cryptic / 11 Sep 2018
7	Word that referred to children or young people of either sex originally, later to young females only Telegraph Giant General Knowledge - 12 Aug 2023	Telegraph Giant General Knowledge / 12 Aug 2023

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