What does the term "eunuch" mean?

Question

I've heard it used in stories and in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies but I don't know what it means.

By the way.Please know long complicated answers.Just state the acual meaning.That way I can acually understand what you're trying to tell me.lol.

Answer 1

A man/ boy whose testicles and or primary sexual organs have been removed or damaged in a way as to render him unable to have children, although not necessarily incapable of having sex. There are degrees of Eunuchs. Young boys were frequently made into eunuchs in order to perserve their high clear singing voices..they were called the Castrati in Italy.

Slaves were frequently made into eunuchs in Turkey, Arabia, and other places as a method to protect royal women. Eunuchs, denied normal lives often became men of great power in the mid eastern countries.

Answer 2

A eunuch is a castrated man; the term usually refers to those castrated in order to perform a specific social function, as was common in many societies of the past. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian cities of Lagash in the 21st century BC [citation needed]. Over the millennia since, they have performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures such as courtiers or equivalent domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials, military commanders, and guardians of women or harem servants. In some societies, the notion of eunuch has been expanded to include men who are impotent with women or are simply celibate.

Contents [hide]
1 History
1.1 Ancient Middle East
1.2 China
1.3 Greco-Roman practice
2 The hijra of India
3 Religious castration
4 Castrato singers
5 Non-castrated "eunuchs"
6 Historically significant eunuchs
7 Some other famous eunuchs
8 Eunuchs in Fiction
9 See also
10 Notes
11 Sources and references
12 External links

Answer 3

a Eunuch is a castrated male who sole purpose in life is to provide sexual gratification to others, while being unable to achieve an orgasm himself. In ancient Rome, Eunuchs were much admired, but none-the-less, were not allowed to live to see thier 30th birthday. This practice continues, but is limited to the very small number of men who choose to be a Eunuch as thier lifestyle. Norway has the largest population of Eunuchs - estimated to number about 20 - 50.

Answer 4

1) a man who has been castrated
2) an ineffectual person : a nation of political eunuchs

if you need origin: it's from Gk eunoukhos, lit. 'bedroom guard'

Answer 5

eu·nuch (yōō'nək) Pronunciation Key
n.
A castrated man employed as a harem attendant or as a functionary in certain Asian courts.
A man or boy whose testes are nonfunctioning or have been removed.
Informal An ineffectual, powerless, or unmasculine man.


[Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunūchus, from Greek eunoukhos : eunē, bed + -okhos, keeping (from ekhein, to keep; see segh- in Indo-European roots).]

Answer 6

a castrated man

Answer 7

basically, it's a castrated male creature