Noun monk has 2 senses
  1. monk, monastic - a male religious living in a cloister and devoting himself to contemplation and prayer and work
    --1 is a kind of religious
    --1 has particulars:
     Brother; Carthusian; Trappist, Cistercian; Bacon, Roger Bacon; Benedict, Saint Benedict, St. Benedict; Mendel, Gregor Mendel, Johann Mendel
  2. Monk, Thelonious Monk, Thelonious Sphere Monk - United States jazz pianist who was one of the founders of the bebop style (1917-1982)
    --2 is a kind of jazz musician, jazzman
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