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Definitions of eunuch in various dictionaries:
noun - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
A castrated man employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts.
A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed.
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a man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court. |
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction |
A man who has been castrated, especially (in the past) one employed to guard the women's living areas at an oriental court. |
a man who has had his testicles removed |
a man who has been castrated ( had the sex organs that produce sperm removed) |
A castrated man employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts. |
A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed. |
Informal An ineffectual, powerless, or unmasculine man. |
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The term eunuch (; Greek: ) generally refers to a man who has been castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences. In Latin, the words eunuchus, spado (Greek: spadon), and castratus were used to denote eunuchs.Castration was typically carried out on the soon-to-be eunuch without his consent in order that he might perform a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 21st century BC. Over the millennia since, they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures: courtiers or equivalent domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, soldiers, royal guards, government officials, and guardians of women or harem servants. * Eunuchs would usually be servants or slaves who had been castrated in order to make them reliable servants of a royal court where physical access to the ruler could wield great influence. Seemingly lowly d |