eunuch

noun

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.”

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 Concubines”

   “I, and by heauen, one that will doe the deede, / Though Argus were her Eunuch and her garde.”

   “Hence sawcy Eunuch peace, / she hath betraid me, / And shall dye the death.”

   “[describing a bas-relief] An eunuch holds a fly-flapper or fan over the head of the king, who appears to be conversing or performing some ceremony with a figure standing in front of him; probably his vizir or minister.”

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.”

verb

1. (dated, transitive)To castrate.
2. (dated, figuratively, transitive)To render ineffectual.