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nun (nun)

noun

  1. a member of a women's religious order, esp. of one living under a common rule and taking vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience
  2. any of various birds; esp., any of a domesticated breed of pigeon

Etymology: ME nunne < OE < LL(Ec) nonna, nun, orig., child's nurse: like Gr nanna, aunt, Sans nanā, mother, ult. < baby talk

nun2 definition

nun (no̵̅o̅n, no̵on)

noun

the fourteenth letter of the Hebrew alphabet (נ ן)

Etymology: Heb nūn, lit., fish

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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