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eunuch::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | castrate |
| Type of | adult male, man |
eunuchs guarded the harem.
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The elderly Sun was an able commander but refused to bribe the Emperor's eunuch.
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When the one who raped this child is caught, he should be turned into a eunuch.
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For his valor in this war, the eunuch received the name Zheng He from his master.
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The powerful eunuch Han Quanhui thus considered preemptively assassinating Cui.
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That wouldn't have been safe or smart at all for you personally, would it, eunuch?
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A hermit's son came one day and called the eunuch by his Sanskrit name Kleeba.
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The eunuch Yishiha established the seat in 1409, but it was abandoned in 1435.
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And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him.
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Giovanni Velluti has contradictory death dates in eunuch and his own article.
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- A man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
- A eunuch (/u02C8juu02D0nu0259k/; Greek: u03B5u1F50u03BDu03BFu1FE6u03C7u03BFu03C2) is a man who was castrated, typically early enough in his life for this change to have major hormonal consequences. In some ancient texts, "eunuch" may refer to a man who is not castrated but who is impotent, celibate, or otherwise not inclined to marry and procreate...
- The Eunuch (Gwei tai jian) is a 1971 Shaw Brothers wuxia film directed by Teddy Yip, and starring Pai Ying and Lisa Chiao Chiao.
- A castrated human male; 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
- (Eunuchs) castrated males who were trusted to be in charge of the royal harems and to carry out administrative functions.
- (eunuchs) Castrated males used within the households of Chinese emperors, usually to guard the emperors' concubines; became political counterbalance to powerful marital relatives during Later Han. (p. 293)
- Arabic khasi Although in all parts of the East it is usual for wealthy Muhammadans to keep an establishment of eunuchs to guard the female members of the household, it has been strictly forbidden by Muhammad for any of his followers to make themselves such or to make others. ...
- Literally bed-keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (Kg2 9:32; Est 2:3). The law of Moses excluded them from the congregation (Deu 23:1). ...
- A male with no balls or backbone; a wus or wimp
