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Definition of Eunuch
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.

Alt. of Eunuchate


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Eunuch Quotations
The House of Lords, an illusion to which I have never been able to subscribe - responsibility without power, the prerogative of the eunuch throughout the ages.
Tom Stoppard

I am neither a homosexual nor a eunuch, nor have I ever taken any vows of chastity.
Paul Getty

Being a writer in a library is rather like being a eunuch in a harem.
John Braine

More Eunuch Quotations

Eunuch Translations
eunuch in French is eunuque
eunuch in German is Kastrat, Eunuch
eunuch in Italian is eunuco, castrato
eunuch in Latin is eunuchus
eunuch in Spanish is eunuco






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