corporate nun
corporate nun noun: a woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
Noun
corporate nun (plural corporate nuns)
- A woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
- Wendy was a sad creature, a corporate nun who dedicated her life to serving the Gazette. She had a permanently martyred air and no life outside the newsroom.1998, Elaine Viets, Rubout
- In those photos of her wandering around Capitol Hill to meet the senators, she looked unprepared. Not like a politician with a message to impart, but like a corporate lawyer in her cubicle. She looked like a corporate nun.2008, Willie Brown, Basic Brown: My Life and our Times
Forms of corporate nun
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Questions about corporate nun
- What does corporate nun mean?
- Corporate nun means a woman who dedicates her life to her job or career, especially at the expense of romance.
- What part of speech is corporate nun?
- Corporate nun is a noun.
- What is the plural of corporate nun?
- The plural of corporate nun is corporate nuns.
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