nun
n. 修女, 尼姑
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A member of a Christian religious community of women who live by certain vows and usually wear a habit, (Roman Catholicism, specifically) those living together in a cloister.
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A member of a similar female community in other confessions.
引申义a Buddhist nun
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A prostitute.
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A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.
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The fourteenth letter of many Semitic alphabets or abjads (Phoenician, Aramaic, Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic and others).
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Pronunciation spelling of nothing.
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From Middle English nonne, nunne, from Old English nunne (“nun”), from Late Latin nonna (“nun, tutor”), originally (along with masculine form nonnus (“man”)) a term of address for elderly persons, perhaps from children's speech, reminiscent of nana, like papa etc. Doublet of nonna.
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