Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Man.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An obsolete form of
moan . - noun A dialectal (especially Scotch) form of
man . Seeman , and comparemun . - Same as
moun . - noun A personal crest, badge, or cognizance used in Japan and introduced into decoration of all sorts. For examples, see
kikumon and kirimon. - noun See
mono- . - noun A Japanese money of account, the ten thousandth part of a silver yen, equal to 50 cents.
- noun A Corean coin, the hundredth of a Japanese tempo, equivalent to one tenth of a cent.
- noun An abbreviation
- noun of monastery;
- noun of monetary;
- noun of Monday.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Japan) The badge of a family, esp. of a family of the ancient feudal nobility. The most frequent form of the mon is circular, and it commonly consists of conventionalized forms from nature, flowers, birds, insects, the lightnings, the waves of the sea, or of geometrical symbolic figures; color is only a secondary character. It appears on lacquer and pottery, and embroidered on, or woven in, fabrics. The imperial chrysanthemum, the mon of the reigning family, is used as a national emblem. Formerly the mon of the shoguns of the Tokugawa family was so used.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun the former
currency ofJapan until 1870, before theyen - noun a colloquial pronunciation of
man in places such asJamaica andShropshire inEngland .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon
- noun a member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand
- noun the second day of the week; the first working day
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Examples
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"_Mon brave_!" he said, stepping back and regarding 'Enery with shining eyes, "_Mon brave, mon beau Anglais, mon_ ----"
Action Front Boyd Cable 1910
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Pokémon is Japanese for "pocket monster," which roughly translates to "expensive trading hobby" in our parent's language.
KentNewsNet.com 2009
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At the Marañon he lived apart from the station, in a small shed with a metal roof and straw walls, which he called mon atelier.
A Set of Six 1906
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"I feel like Pokémon is a little young," he says, and he puts cartoon toys and handheld video games in the same category.
It's cooler than ever to be a tween, but is childhood lost? 2009
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Nonetheless, when I learned from Lucky the Goldfish that Pokémon is banned in Saudi Arabia, I realized things have gone too far.
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Nonetheless, when I learned from Lucky the Goldfish that Pokémon is banned in Saudi Arabia, I realized things have gone too far.
Archive 2008-03-01 2008
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Shall I call mon Bernado, or is there an email I should contact?
The Bible's Literary sins Sam Jordison 2007
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The one thing that Lincoln and, say, Ray Kelly have in common is a genuine sense of commitment and determination, combined with a full appreciation of the magnitude of their task.
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a small shed with a metal roof and straw walls, which he called mon atelier.
A Set of Six Joseph Conrad 1890
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Artifacts which were dug up around the site included part of a storage jar made in South Devon during the third or fourth century, a high quality decorated Samian bowl from France showing a hunting scene, dating back to the second century, part of a green-glazed medieval floor tile, most probably from the Dominican Friary, and an exceptionally well-preserved gold love ring dating from the 15th century and inscribed in French 'mon couer entier' which translates as my entire heart.
vanishedone commented on the word mon
A Japanese crest: roughly their equivalent of a coat of arms.
September 7, 2008