eunuch
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- noun
- /ˈjuːnək/
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eunuco
- In ancient times, a eunuch was often employed as a trusted guard in royal palaces.
- made eunuchs
- eunuchs for the kingdom
- eunuchs for her guards
In other words, I'm a eunuch and I'm looking to the channel.
- In other words, I'm a eunuch and I'm looking to the channel.
- I suppose you could also point to human harem holders, sultans who had eunuchs looking after the harem.
- And we should not have the eunuch narrative that I've just laid out.
- They tolerate the priestess, they tolerate the eunuchs doing things.
- They play around the the eunuch Manon comes around and they make fun of him right?
- So I don't take things like finisteride, which we know works because I'd rather be Jason Statham like bald and horny than have loads of hair in a eunuch.
Examples
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- I trust she also has the discretion of a eunuch.
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Even a eunuch could have a sense of humor, especially about making love.
Fiction book (2002) -
You know what a eunuch is, Russell?
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Solomon, a eunuch, is chief staff officer.
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No men but the eunuchs are allowed in the palace after dark.
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Now she'd gone and made a eunuch out of the most eligible bachelor in Loudoun County.
Fiction book (2002) -
An old comrade, John of Armenia will be his second in command, Solomon a eunuch, his chief staff officer.
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"But m'lady, I mean to give you hope," the young eunuch declared earnestly, "and to lighten your troubles."
Fiction book (2002) -
Many of those slaves were captives, and many of those captives were eunuchs.
Academic text (2014) -
The Empress, full of anticipation, sat herself on her throne in Peking, surrounded by eunuchs and ladies-in-waiting.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
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A man who has had his testicles removed and cannot father children
Surface Forms
Etymology
Eunuch comes from the Greek word eunouchos, made of eu- meaning 'well' and -nouchos meaning 'bed', so it originally meant 'keeper of the bed', the guard of a ruler's sleeping rooms. That's why a eunuch was often a castrated man who served as a trusted guard or servant in royal households.