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eunuch

Main Entry:: eu·nuch
Pronunciation:: \ˈyü-nək, -nik\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English eunuk, from Latin eunuchus, from Greek eunouchos, from eunē bed + echein to have, have charge of — more at scheme
Date:: 15th century

1 : a castrated man placed in charge of a harem or employed as a chamberlain in a palace 2 : a man or boy deprived of the testes or external genitals 3 : one that lacks virility or power <political eunuchs>

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\-nə-ˌki-zəm, -ni-\ noun

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