Eunuch

Definitions

1. A castrated man.
2. 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.
   historical
3. A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
4. One that is ineffectual.
   figuratively

Equivalents

34 more languages

العربيةالخصيخصيمخصيّ

Българскиевнух

བོད་སྐད།ཉུག་རུམ

Catalàeunuc

Češtinaeunuchkastrátkleštěnec

Danskeunuk

Ελληνικάευνούχος

Esperantoeŭnukokastrito

فارسیخواجه

Suomieunukkikastraattikuohilasruuna+ 1 more

Gàidhligcullach

עבריתסריס

हिन्दीकिन्नरज़नानाहिजड़ा

Magyareunuch

Հայերեններքինի

Bahasa Indonesiakhasisida

Íslenskageldingur

Italianoeunuco

日本語去勢者宦官閹

한국어고자내시환관

Latinacastratuseunūchussemivirspadothlasias+ 2 more

Lietuviųeunuchaskastratas

Македонскиевнухскопец

Nederlandscastraateunuch

Polskieunuchkastratrzezaniectrzebieniec+ 1 more

Portuguêseunuco

Русскийевнухкастратскопе́ц

Svenskaeunuck

ไทยขันที

Tagalogbatingeunuko

Türkçehadımharemağası

Українськаєвнух

Tiếng Việthoạn quan

Yorùbáiwẹfaòkòbóọ̀yà

Examples

“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.”

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