Definitions for eunuchˈyu nək
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
eu•nuchˈyu nək(n.)
a castrated man, esp. one formerly employed by Oriental rulers as a harem guard or palace official.
Category: Western History
Origin of eunuch:
1350–1400; ME eunuk < L eunūchus < Gk eunoûchos=eun(ḗ) bed +-ouchos, var. of -ochos, n. der. of échein to keep, have
eu′nuch•ism(n.)
Princeton's WordNet
eunuch, castrate(noun)
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
"eunuchs guarded the harem"
Wiktionary
eunuch(Noun)
A castrated human male.
eunuch(Noun)
A sterilized human female (cf. The Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer).
eunuch(Noun)
Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
Origin: Borrowed from eunuchus, originally from εὐνοῦχος, from εὐνή + ἔχω. Originally probably used to refer to a bed chamber attendant.
Webster Dictionary
Eunuch(noun)
a male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank
Eunuch(verb)
alt. of Eunuchate
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