[eu.nuch] n [ME eunuk, fr. L eunuchus, fr. Gk eunouchos, fr. eune bed + echein to have, have charge of--more at scheme] (15c) 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 ~s" -- eu.nuch.ism n