MONK


Meaning of MONK in English

[monk] n [ME, fr. OE munuc, fr. LL monachus, fr. LGk monachos, fr. Gk, adj., single, fr. monos single, alone] (bef. 12c): a man who is a member of a religious order and lives in a monastery; also: friar

[2]monk n (1843): monkey

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