Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: eunuch
IPA transcription: [j'unək]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: eunuch, castrate
    Meaning: a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction; "eunuchs guarded the harem"
Usage examples
  • "Sit," I ordered the eunuch.
  • "But watch the eunuch closely."
  • The dogs were, and are to this day, jealously guarded under the supervision of the Chief Eunuch of the Court, and few have ever found their way into the outer world.
  • The principal eunuch of Justinian the Second, threatened to chastise the Empress, his master's wife, in the manner that children are chastised at school, if she did not obey his orders.