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corporate nuns

corporate nuns is the plural of corporate nun.

Meaning of corporate nun

Noun

corporate nun (plural corporate nuns)

  1. (slang) 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

Questions about corporate nuns

What is corporate nuns the plural of?
Corporate nuns is the plural of corporate nun.

Words near corporate nuns in the dictionary

  1. corporate lawyer
  2. corporate lawyers
  3. corporate manslaughter
  4. Corporate Memphis
  5. corporate nun
  6. corporate nuns
  7. corporate raid
  8. corporate raider
  9. corporate raiders
  10. corporate raids
  11. corporate seal

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