ˈyünək, -nik, -nēk noun
( -s )
Etymology: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + -ochos (from echein to have, have charge of) — more at scheme
1. : a castrated man in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace ; often : any chamberlain
2. : a man or boy whose testes or external genitals have been removed or who is deprived of testicular function by other cause (as inflammation or injury)
3. : castrato
4. : one who is impotent, ineffective, or lacking in manhood in any respect
intellectual eunuch
political eunuch