NUNS
Noun
nuns
plural of nun
Anagrams
• sunn
Source: Wiktionary
NUN
Nun, n. Etym: [OE. nunne, AS. nunne, fr. L. nonna nun, nonnus monk;
cf. Gr. Nunnery.]
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. (Zoöl.)
(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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition