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English word nun comes from Late Latin nonna
nonna (Late Latin)
nunne (Old English)
nun (English)
(archaic, British slang) A prostitute.. (by extension) A member of a similar female community in other confessions.. A kind of pigeon with the feathers on its head like the hood of a nun.. 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.