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MON

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The Mon-Khmer language spoken by the Mon

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Mon" is a kind of...):

Mon-Khmer (a branch of the Austro-Asiatic languages)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A member of a Buddhist people living in Myanmar and adjacent parts of Thailand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Mon" is a kind of...):

Buddhist (one who follows the teachings of Buddha)

Sense 3

Meaning:

The second day of the week; the first working day

Synonyms:

Mon; Monday

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("Mon" is a kind of...):

weekday (any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday))

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Mon"):

Whitmonday; Whitsun Monday (the day after Whitsunday; a legal holiday in England and Wales and Ireland)

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 Context examples: 

I had now neglected my promise for some time, and I feared the effects of the dæmon’s disappointment.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

“A toi, mon garcon,” he cried.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If I returned, it was to be sacrificed or to see those whom I most loved die under the grasp of a dæmon whom I had myself created.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

How of all that, mon garcon?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

“I expected this reception,” said the dæmon.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

You come with me, mon gros Jean; and as to you, little one, where did you say that you journeyed?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

This aroused the stranger’s attention, and he asked a multitude of questions concerning the route which the dæmon, as he called him, had pursued.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

How shall it be, then, mon enfant?

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shall I, in cool blood, set loose upon the earth a dæmon whose delight is in death and wretchedness?

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

I shall be back anon, mon ange.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)