eunuch Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
    castrate.
    • eunuchs guarded the harem

WordNet

Eu"nuch noun
Etymology
L. eunuchus, Gr. , prop., keeping or guarding the couch; couch, bed, + to have, hold, keep.
Definitions
  1. A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartments. Some of them, in former times, gained high official rank.
Eu"nuch, Eu"nuch*ate transitive verb (Also<
  • Eunuch
  • Eunuchate
)
Etymology
L. eunuchare.
Definitions
  1. To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man. Creech. Sir. T. Browne.

Webster 1913