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1. (n.) eunuch
a castrated man, esp. one formerly employed by Oriental rulers as a harem guard or palace official.
Etymology: (1350–1400; ME eunuk < L eunūchus < Gk eunoûchos=eun(ē) bed +-ouchos, var. of -ochos, n. der. of échein to keep, have)
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1. (noun) eunuch, castrate
a man who has been castrated and is incapable of reproduction
"eunuchs guarded the harem"
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1. (noun) eunuch
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
2. (verb) eunuch
alt. of Eunuchate
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