Meaning

A castrated man..

Definitions by Sense

1. A castrated man.
2. (historical) 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.
3. (in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
4. (figurative) One that is ineffectual.
5. (transitive, dated) To castrate.
6. (figurative, transitive, dated) To render ineffectual.

Example Sentences

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.

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.

Hence sawcy Eunuch peace, / she hath betraid me, / And shall dye the death.

[describing a bas-relief] An eunuch holds a fly-flapper or fan over the head of the king, who appears to be conversing or performing some ceremony with a figure standing in front of him; probably his vizir or minister.

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.

Word Forms

• eunuchs
• eunuching
• eunuched

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