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eunuch

eu.nuch \'yu:-n*k\ \-n*-.kiz-*m\ n [ME eunuk, fr. L eunuchus, fr. Gk 
   eunouchos fr. eune-X bed + echein to have, have charge of - more at SCHEME 
   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  - 
   eu.nuch.ism n