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eunuch
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eunuch
[n] - a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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eunuch
castrate noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; `eunuchs guarded the harem`
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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.
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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
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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]
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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...
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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...
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eunuch
Type: Term Pronunciation: yū′nŭk Definitions: 1. A male whose testes have been removed or have never developed.
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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...
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Eunuch
[1980 TV series] Eunuch (龍仇鳳血) is a TVB television series, premiered in 1980. Theme song "Eunuch" (龍仇鳳血) composition and arrangement by Joseph Koo, lyricist by Wong Jim, sung by Adam Cheng. ...
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eunuch
1) Adult male 2) Castrate 3) Harem guard 4) Man
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