2 entries under this word

Eunuch

Eū'nuch, n.

noun

(yū'nuk), n. [Gr. εὐνοῦχος, properly keeping or guarding the couch, taking charge of the women, from εὐνή, couch, bed, and ἔχειν, to have, hold, keep; Lat. eunuchus, Fr. eunuque.] A male of the human species castrated; hence, from the frequent employment of such persons in this office in former times, a chamberlain.

Eū'nuch or Eū'nuch-āte, v. t.

verbtransitive

[Lat. eunuchare, eunuchatum.] To make a eunuch of; to castrate, as a man. [Obs.]