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English noun: monk | |||
| 1. | monk (person) a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work | ||
| Synonyms | monastic | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | religious | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | Brother, Carthusian, Cistercian, Trappist | ||
| Instance hyponym | Bacon, Benedict, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel, Mendel, Pelagius, Roger Bacon, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict | ||
| 2. | Monk (person) United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982) | ||
| Synonyms | Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk | ||
| Instance hypernym | jazz musician, jazzman | ||
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