Meanings
mun1
alternative maun
- Northern EnglishauxiliarydefectivedialectalmodalMust.
Ye mun ha' done wi' all that foolery — ye're gettin' a man now, an' ye mun give over that nonsense.
1894, M E Francis, In a North Country Village
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mun3
- South AfricaUKdialectalman
- DevonUKdialectalobsoleteSomersetthem
tha wut spudlee out the Yemors, and screedle over mun
1746, Exmoor Courtship, published 1879, page 50
mun4
plural muns
- Internetroleplaying gamesThe person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
Jade grabs a handful of brownies and nibbles on then,^([sic]) trying to keep her mun from reaching right to the screen to get some[…]
1997 October 29, Jade [username], “Re: Male dragon in need of mate ^_^”, in alt.fan.dragons (Usenet)2 more examples
Wait a sec.... You mean.. this is a GAME?? And here I thought that nine tae five job my mun goes to everyday^([sic]) was a game and Norrath was my home..
1999 November 4, Milelarau [username], “Re: Roleplaying”, in alt.games.everquest (Usenet)Any suggestions on how to successfully turn this into a good SL, which will bring the characters back into the range of normalcy, without leaving the muns feeling deprived of everything their characters earned?
2001 December 31, JamesStein, “Successfully Powering Down a Campaign”, in rec.games.frp.dnd (Usenet)Synonyms: roleplayer, RPer
Mun5
- A river in Norfolk, England, United Kingdom; in full, Mun River.
Mun6
MUN7
- abbreviationAbbreviation of Memorial University of Newfoundland.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe person who roleplays a character in a role-playing game, especially an online play-by-post one.
Origin
mun · verb
- Proto-Germanic*munaną
- Old Norsemunu“shall, must”
- Middle Englishmone“shall, must”
- Englishmun
From Middle English mone (“shall, must”), from Old Norse munu (“shall, must”), from Proto-Germanic *munaną.
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- Proto-Indo-European*ment-
- Proto-Germanic*munþaz
- Old Norsemuðr
- Englishmun
From Old Norse muðr, munnr, from Proto-Germanic *munþaz, from Proto-Indo-European *ment-; Doublet of mouth.
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- Chinese文
- Korean문
- EnglishMun
Borrowed from Korean 문 (mun), mainly from Chinese 文.
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Cite this entry
mun. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mun
“mun.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mun. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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