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eunuch

Castrated male human

Conceptsocial status physiological condition occupationQ179294

Instance of: social status
, physiological condition
, occupation
Subclass of: man
, castrated creature

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A eunuch is a boy or man who has been castrated. Throughout history, castration often served a specific social function. The earliest records for intentional castration to produce eunuchs are from the Sumerian city of Lagash in the 2nd millennium BC. Over the millennia since, they performed a wide variety of functions in many different cultures: courtiers or equivalent domestics, for espionage or clandestine operations, castrato singers, concubines or sexual partners, religious specialists, soldiers, royal guards, government officials, and guardians of women or harem servants.

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Has immediate cause: castration
Different from: Huanzhe
Tai Jian
Location: China

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