Main Entry: eu·nuch

Pronunciation: \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme

Date: 15th century

1 : a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace
2 : a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals
3 : one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>

— eu·nuch·ism \-nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni-\ noun