chicken hawk

See also: chickenhawk

English

Etymology

chicken (in the Old English sense of cycen: young fowl, its alleged primary prey) + hawk

Noun

chicken hawk (plural chicken hawks)

(archaic) Any of the North American hawk species (Cooper's hawk, sharp-shinned hawk and red-tailed hawk), or counterparts elsewhere, mistakenly believed to be pests.
(Britain, US, gay slang) An adult male preferring younger male sexual partners.
(derogatory, politics, slang) An advocate of war or military action who is avoiding personal military service, or avoided it in the past.

Translations

hawk species

Dutch: kiekendief (nl) m
French: épervier brun m
German: Eckschwanzsperber m

Navajo: tsįyaalzhahí
Spanish: gavilán m, azor (es) m

adult man who seeks out boys as his sexual partners

Dutch: (offensive) knapenschenner m, (abusive) pedofiel m
Japanese: 若専 (wakasen)

Navajo: ashiikéyázhí há naalzheehí
Spanish: rabo verde m

References

“chicken hawk” (US) / “chicken hawk” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

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