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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a woman religious;

2. a buoy resembling a cone;
[syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy]

3. the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n), n. The 25th letter of the Arabic alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nun \nun\ (n[u^]n), n. [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr. ?, ?; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.] [1913 Webster] 1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. [1913 Webster] They holy time is quiet as a nun Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth. [1913 Webster] 2. (Zool.) (a) A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. (b) The smew. (c) The European blue titmouse. [1913 Webster] Gray nuns (R. C. Ch.), the members of a religious order established in Montreal in 1745, whence branches were introduced into the United States in 1853; -- so called from the color or their robe, and known in religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. Nun buoy. See under Buoy. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

nun \nun\ (n[oo^]n or n[=oo]n), n. The 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet, corresponding in pronunciation to n. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

nun n 1: a woman religious 2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun, nun buoy] 3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:

23 Moby Thesaurus words for "nun": abbess, canoness, celibataire, celibate, clergywoman, conventual, lady superior, misogamist, misogynist, monastic, monk, mother superior, novice, postulant, priest, prioress, religieuse, secular canoness, single, sister, superioress, the reverend mother, unmarried
Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary:

Nun Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is known of him (Ex. 33:11).
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's):

Nun, same as Non