Plural of eunuch

Forms of eunuch

Eunuchs in a sentence

• Eunuchs were chiefly employed in the harems of the king, and his satraps.1922, Maneckji Nusservanji Dhalla, Zoroastrian Civilization, page 222. From the entry satrap
• For example, we should not dream of dwelling on the more serious functions of the caliphian eunuchs.1913, Arnold Bennett, Paris Nights, and Other Impressions of Places and People, page 76. From the entry caliphian
• The four bearers, all unwhiskered eunuchs, stood in front of the chairs, their hands tucked into their sleeves, looks of disdain on their faces.2013, Mo Yan, chapter 2, in Howard Goldblatt, transl., Sandalwood Death, University of Oklahoma Press. From the entry unwhiskered
• He has wittily redone a tardy epithalamium and some nursery rhymes ("Three blind eunuchs"), and deftly catches the cozy lawnfuls of plastic dwarfs and flamingos, outside the kenneled people.1976, Choice - Volume 13, Issues 8-12, page 1300. From the entry epithalamium
• The keeping eunuchs were at back, solemn in stately rows, bespeared and bescimitared, the Danish, Irish, and German of their countenances lost in the daub which made them swart.1905, Samuel Major Gardenhire, The Silence of Mrs. Harrold - Page 277. From the entry swart

Meaning of eunuch

1. noun A castrated man.
2. noun Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
3. noun A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.

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Questions about the plural of eunuch

What is the plural of eunuch?

The plural of eunuch is eunuchs.

Is eunuch countable?

Eunuch is a countable noun.