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Eunuch
Pronunciation : Eu"nuch
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [L. eunuchus, Gr.
Definition : Defn: 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.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
Pronunciation : Eu"nuch, Eu"nuch*ate
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [L. eunuchare.]
Definition : Defn: To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man. Creech. Sir. T. Browne.
t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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