nun

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

nun [nun nuns] BrE [nʌn] NAmE [nʌn] noun
a member of a religious community of women who promise to serve God all their lives and often live together in a ↑convent
compare ↑monk

Word Origin:
Old English nonne, from ecclesiastical Latin nonna, feminine of nonnus ‘monk’, reinforced by Old French nonne.

Example Bank:
•She was wearing a nun's habit and leather sandals.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  conical buoy, nun buoy