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eunuch definition

eu·nuch (yo̵̅o̅′nək)

noun

  1. a castrated man in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain or high officer in the court of an emperor or potentate
  2. any man or boy lacking normal function of the testes, as through castration or disease

Etymology: ME eunuk < L eunuchus < Gr eunouchos, guardian of the bed, chamberlain, eunuch < eunē, bed + echein, to have, hold: see scheme

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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