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In some senses, eunuch is marked as figuratively, dated, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.
EUNUCH + NOUN
captain, garde, pharaoh
PREP.
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noun
A castrated man.
Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
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.
He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines
I, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde.
A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
One that is ineffectual.
Mr. Peterson really reaches for a low one when he says, "They (gays) should never commit themselves to any broader ideological movement." I am, paradoxically, a Christian, a Maxist, a Gay, and a Human Being. To be gay one should not be a political eunuch.
verb
To castrate.
To render ineffectual.
noun — a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproductio
Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
WiktionaryHe ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines
WiktionaryI, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde.
WiktionaryTom is a eunuch.
Tatoeba · #6700110The Madianites sold Joseph in Egypt to Putiphar, an eunuch of Pharaoh, captain of the soldiers.
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In some senses, eunuch is marked as figuratively, dated, historical. Watch for register when choosing this word.