n.
Pronunciation: ' yü-n ə k, -nik
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eun ē 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 eunuch s >
– eu · nuch · ism \ -n ə - ˌ ki-z ə m, -ni- \ noun