eunuch
a castrated man, especially one formerly employed by rulers in the Middle East and Asia as a harem guard or palace official.
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In The Female eunuch, one of feminism’s cornerstone texts, Germaine Greer wrote in 1970 that “women have very little idea of how much men hate them.”
A feminist internet would be better for everyone | Emily Luong | April 1, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewOr how kicking a reaction-less eunuch in the crotch over and over again is comedy.
Christianity arrived in Sudan, about 125 miles northeast of Khartoum, with the eunuch minister of Queen Candice in 35 AD.
In Sudan a Pregnant Woman May Be Hanged for Marrying a Christian | Nina Shea | May 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA few years ago, I was diagnosed with a free-testosterone level akin to an octogenarian eunuch.
The Female eunuch by Germaine Greer This was the first feminist book I ever read.
Isabel Allende’s Book Bag: 5 Books That Influenced Me | Isabel Allende | April 23, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
Even compared with his personage in Casino Royale, the 007 of Quantum is basically a grunting eunuch.
There were eunuchs too, black frock-coated—and the chief eunuch, an important personage who ranks very high.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowIftikhar went on, and with only the eunuch and Mary Kurkuas, the emir advanced within the palace.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThen at last the eunuch spoke, his imperturbable smile swelling to a fulsome grin.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisEnough; the good eunuch Hakem thought me a true welee, and brought out one of his cagelings to see my magic.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisThe body of the eunuch dropped from her arms, lay upon the rugs, the blood spurting from the neck.
God Wills It! | William Stearns Davis
British Dictionary definitions for eunuch
/ (ˈjuːnək) /
a man who has been castrated, esp (formerly) for some office such as a guard in a harem
informal an ineffective man: a political eunuch
Origin of eunuch
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