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Look up: eunuch

  1. eunuch
    [n] - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. eunuch
    Castrated man. Originally eunuchs were bedchamber attendants in harems in the East, but as they were usually castrated to keep them from taking too great an interest in their charges, the term...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688

  3. Eunuch
    Eu'nuch noun [ Latin eunuchus , Greek ..., prop., keeping or guarding the couch; ... couch, bed, + ... to have, hold, keep.] A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/E/73

  4. eunuch
    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. ... Origin: L. Eunuchus, Gr, prop, keeping or guarding the couch; couch, bed, + to have, hold, ke...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  5. eunuch
    castrate noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; `eunuchs guarded the harem`
    Found on http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/web

  6. eunuch
    (u´nәk) a male deprived of the testes or external genitals, especially one castrated before puberty so that male secondary sex characters fail to develop. See also castration.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/21001

  7. Eunuch
    • (n.) 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. • (v. t.) Alt. of Eunuchate
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  8. eunuch
    castrated human male. From remote antiquity, eunuchs were employed in the Middle East and in China in two main functions: as guards and servants in ... [4 related articles]
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/e/51

  9. eunuch
    eunuch 1. a castrated man employed as a harem attendant or functionary in certain Oriental courts. 2. A castrated man, employed in Asia, and later in Greece, to take charge of the women and to act as a chamberlain. 3. A man or boy deprived of the testes or the external genital organs, especially one...
    Found on http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/inf

  10. eunuch
    eunuch (yOO'nik) [Gr.,=keeper of the couch], castrated human male, particularly a chamberlain of a harem in Asia. The custom of employing eunuchs as servants in wealthy or royal households is very ancient; it reached its epitome at the court of Constantinople under the Byzantine emperors, from w...
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/society/A0

  11. eunuch
    Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′nŭk Definitions: 1. A male whose testes have been removed or have never developed.
    Found on http://www.medilexicon.com/medicaldictio

  12. eunuch
    Castrated man. Originally eunuchs were bedchamber attendants in harems in the East, but as they were usually castrated to keep them from taking too great an interest in their charges, the term became applied more generally. In China, eunuchs were employed within the imperial harem from some 4,000 ye...
    Found on http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/ency

  13. Eunuch
    A `eunuch` (; Greek: "Ευνούχος") is a person born male who does not reproduce and may bear non-masculine or even effeminate characteristics, many of whom were castrated. Usually, if castrated, this was done early enough to have major hormonal consequences. The t...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuch



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