"gerontophile" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: gerontophiles [plural]
Etymology: From geronto- + -phile. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|geronto-|-phile}} geronto- + -phile Head templates: {{en-noun}} gerontophile (plural gerontophiles)
  1. A person sexually attracted to elderly men.
    Sense id: en-gerontophile-en-noun-QDMNty8k Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with geronto-, English terms suffixed with -phile, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 71 29 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with geronto-: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -phile: 83 17 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 90 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 89 11
  2. A person with primary or exclusive sexual attraction towards the elderly.
    Sense id: en-gerontophile-en-noun-0pTcFq-T
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: gerontophilia, gerontophiliac, gerontophilic Translations (person attracted towards the elderly): gerontofil [masculine] (Czech), gerontofiili (Finnish), gerontofil [common-gender] (Swedish)
Disambiguation of 'person attracted towards the elderly': 47 53

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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