Eunuch

(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.