1922,Michael Arlen, “2/1/2”, in“Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days[1]:
Semiramis was the first woman to inventeunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since;[…] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.
Such a man employed asharem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſeEunuch, And in my Sarell tend my Concubines
1849,Austen Henry Layard, chapter III, inNineveh and Its Remains: with an account of a visit to the Chaldean Christians of Kurdistan:
[describing a bas-relief]An eunuch holds a fly-flapper or fan over the head of the king, who appears to be conversing or performing some ceremony with a figure standing in front of him; probably his vizir or minister.
(in translations of ancient texts) A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
1976 December 11, Ronnie Allen, “No Political Eunuch”, inGay Community News, volume 4, number24, page 4:
Mr. Peterson really reaches for a low one when he says, "They (gays) should never commit themselves to any broader ideological movement." I am, paradoxically, a Christian, a Maxist, a Gay, and a Human Being. To be gay one should not be a politicaleunuch.
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eunuch in Géza Bárczi,László Országh,et al., editors,A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962.Fifth ed., 1992:→ISBN.
eunuch in Nóra Ittzés, editor,A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031(work in progress; publisheda–ez as of 2024).
