ethiopian eunuch

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ethiopian eunuch - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Ethiopian eunuch
  the chief officer or prime minister of state of Candace (q.v.),
  queen of Ethiopia. He was converted to Christianity through the
  instrumentality of Philip (Act 8:27). The northern portion of
  Ethiopia formed the kingdom of Meroe, which for a long period
  was ruled over by queens, and it was probably from this kingdom
  that the eunuch came.