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nun


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. <zoology> A white variety of domestic pigeons having a veil of feathers covering the head. The smew.

The European blue titmouse. Gray nuns, 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 colour or their robe, and known in Religion as Sisters of Charity of Montreal. Nun buoy. See Buoy.

Origin: OE. Nunne, AS. Nunne, fr. L. Nonna nun, nonnus monk; cf. Gr,; of unknown origin. Cf. Nunnery.

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Huston, John (sh)




born Aug. 5, 1906, Nevada, Mo., U.S
died Aug. 28, 1987, Middletown, R.I.

U.S. Film director and screenwriter.

The son of Walter Huston, he was briefly a boxer, a Mexican cavalry officer, and a reporter before becoming a scriptwriter. His first work as a director, The Maltese Falcon (1941), began an illustrious career studded with Film classics: The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948, Academy Awards for best director and screenplay), Key Largo (1948), The Asphalt Jungle (1950), The African Queen (1951), Moulin Rouge (1952), The Night of the Iguana (1964), The Man Who Would Be King (1975), Prizzi's Honor (1985), and The Dead (1987). He wrote screenplays for many of his own films and for others such as Jezebel (1938), Juarez (1939), and High Sierra (1941). He also worked as an actor, notably in Chinatown (1974). His daughter Anjelica (b. 1951) was an accomplished actress, earning an Academy Award for her performance in Prizzi's Honor (1985).