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Entry 2 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Eunuch

/yo͞oʹnək/ · Eu·nuch · IPA /ˈjuː.nək/
01 n. A male of the human species castrated; commonly, one of a class of such persons, in Oriental countries, having charge of the women's apartm…
  1. 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.
02 v. t. To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.
  1. 1.
    To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.