Eunuch

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A eunuch is a castrated man. His genitals are removed. This can be cutting off the testicles or removing the penis and the testicles.

Over the millennia since, eunuchs had a lot of different functions in different cultures such as domestics, treble singers, religious specialists, government officials, military commanders, and guardians of women or harem servants. When eunuchs ran a harem a monarch could be sure he was the one who fathered his wifes children since real eunuchs were always infertile.

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