1
: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2
: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3
: one that lacks virility or power
political eunuchs
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Her cleverness catches the eye of Jinshi, a beautiful eunuch who oversees the Rear Palace’s operations, and Maomao is soon promoted to lady-in-waiting and taste tester to one of the Emperor’s favorite concubines.
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Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
This downplays the social position of actual eunuchs, who sometimes rose to high-ranking positions in the church.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew that some men are born eunuchs.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Every Gosling performance — whether the Plasticine eunuch Ken in Barbie or the junkie schoolteacher in Half Nelson, a psychotic getaway man in Drive or a jazz pianist in La La Land — seems unreal, a kind of stunt.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
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Kayti Burt, Time, 2 Apr. 2025
This downplays the social position of actual eunuchs, who sometimes rose to high-ranking positions in the church.
—S. C. Cornell, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2025
Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew that some men are born eunuchs.
—Ruth Graham, New York Times, 17 May 2024
Every Gosling performance — whether the Plasticine eunuch Ken in Barbie or the junkie schoolteacher in Half Nelson, a psychotic getaway man in Drive or a jazz pianist in La La Land — seems unreal, a kind of stunt.
—Armond White, National Review, 3 May 2024
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“Eunuch.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/eunuch. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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