Eu"nuch (?), n. [L. eunuchus, Gr. , prop., keeping or guarding the couch; couch, bed, + 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.

 

© Webster 1913.


Eu"nuch (?), Eu"nuch*ate, v. t. [L. eunuchare.]

To make a eunuch of; to castrate. as a man.

Creech. Sir. T. Browne.

 

© Webster 1913.