[neu.ter] adj [ME neutre, fr. MF & L; MF neutre, fr. L neuter, lit., neither, fr. ne- not + uter which of two--more at no, whether] (14c) 1 a: of, relating to, or constituting the gender that ordinarily includes most words or grammatical forms referring to things classed as neither masculine nor feminine b: neither active nor passive: intransitive
2: taking no side: neutral
3: lacking or having imperfectly developed or nonfunctional generative organs "the worker bee is ~"
[2]neuter n (15c) 1 a: a noun, pronoun, adjective, or inflectional form or class of the neuter gender b: the neuter gender
2: one that is neutral 3 a: worker
2. b: a spayed or castrated animal [3]neuter vt (1903): castrate, alter