n. [ L. eunuchus, Gr. &unr_;, prop., keeping or guarding the couch; &unr_; couch, bed, + &unr_; to have, hold, keep. ] 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.
n. [ L. eunuchismus an unmanning, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. eunuchisme eunuchism. ] The state of being eunuch. Bp. Hall. [ 1913 Webster ]