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eunuch

noun eu·nuch \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

: a man who has had his sexual organs removed

Full Definition of EUNUCH

: a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace

: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals

: one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>

— eu·nuch·ism \-nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni-\ noun

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Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme

First Known Use: 15th century

Medical Dictionary

noun eu·nuch \ˈyü-nək, -nik\

: a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals

—eu·nuch·ism \-ˌiz-əm\ noun

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