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nun /ˈnʌn/
修女,尼姑
nun n.
1. A woman devoted to a religious life, who lives in a convent, under the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.
They holy time is quiet as a nun
Breathless with adoration. --Wordsworth.
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.
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.
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nun
n 1: a woman religious
2: a buoy resembling a cone [syn: conical buoy, nun buoy]
3: the 14th letter of the Hebrew alphabet
Nun
Beyond the fact that he was the father of Joshua nothing more is
known of him (Ex. 33:11).