eunuchs

Noun

eunuch (plural eunuchs)

1. A castrated man.
   • Semiramis was the first woman to invent eunuchs and women have had sympathy for them ever since; […] and women can tell them what they can't tell other men.1922, Michael Arlen, “2/1/2”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days
2. (historical) Such a man employed as harem guard or in certain (mainly Eastern) monarchies (e.g. late Roman and Chinese Empires) as court or state officials.
   • He ſhall be made a chaſte and luſtleſſe Eunuch,
     And in my Sarell tend my Concubinesc. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC...
3. A man who is not inclined to marry and procreate.
4. (figuratively) One that is ineffectual.
   • Mr. Peterson really reaches for a low one when he says, "They (gays) should never commit themselves to any broader ideological movement." I am, paradoxically, a Christian, a Maxist, a Gay, and a Human Being. To be gay one should not be a political eunuch.1976 December 11, Ronnie Allen, “No Political Eunuch”, in Gay Community News, volume 4, number 24, page 4

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