1. 
2. 
[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