Eunuch : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Eunuch	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Eunuch
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
eunuch n a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem" Synonym(s): eunuch, castrate
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eunuch \Eu"nuch\, n. [L. eunuchus, Gr. [?], prop., keeping or guarding the couch; [?] couch, bed, + [?] to have, hold, keep.] 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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Eunuch \Eu"nuch\, Eunuchate \Eu"nuchate\, v. t. [L. eunuchare.] To make a eunuch* of; to castrate. as a man. --Creech. Sir. T. Browne.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Eunuch literally bed-keeper or chamberlain, and not necessarily in all cases one who was mutilated, although the practice of employing such mutilated persons in Oriental courts was common (2 Kings 9:32; Esther 2:3). The law of Moses excluded them from the congregation (Deut. 23:1). They were common also among the Greeks and Romans. It is said that even to-day there are some in Rome who are employed in singing soprano in the Sistine Chapel. Three classes of eunuchs are mentioned in Matt. 19:12.