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eunuch — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • castrato noun A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
  • eunuch noun A man who has been castrated, historically often so he could serve as a guard or official in a royal household.

Senses

eunuch is used for these senses in English:

  • castrato A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
  • eunuch A castrated human male.
  • eunuch 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.

castrato — full definition

  1. noun A male who has been castrated, especially a male whose testicles have been removed before puberty in order to retain his boyish voice.
  2. noun A male soprano or alto voice produced by castration of the treble singer before puberty, intended to conserve his voice; the singer.

eunuch — full definition

  1. noun A man who has been castrated, historically often so he could serve as a guard or official in a royal household.
  2. noun Figuratively, someone or something seen as powerless or ineffective.

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