Англо-русский словарь - eunuch
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n. 1 a castrated man, esp. one formerly employed at an oriental harem or court. 2 a person lacking effectiveness (political eunuch). Etymology: ME f. L eunuchus f. Gk eunoukhos lit. bedchamber attendant f. eune bed + second element rel. to ekho hold ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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noun Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin ~us, from Greek eunouchos, from eune bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme Date: 15th century 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 ~s • ~ism noun ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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~ n a man who has had his testicles removed, especially someone who guarded a king's wives in some Eastern countries in the past ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- early 15c., from Gk. eunoukhos "castrated man," originally "guard of the bedchamber or harem," from euno-, comb. form of eune "bed" + -okhos, from stem of ekhein "to have, hold." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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