| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| PRONUNCIATION: |  b nz |
| NOUN: | A Buddhist monk, especially of China, Japan, or nearby countries. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Portuguese bonzo, from Japanese bons : bon, ordinary (from Middle Chinese buan, fhan) + s, monk (from Middle Chinese s ng, from Sanskrit sa gha , collection, brotherhood of monks, from sahanti, sagha-, to put together ( sam, together; see sem-1 in Appendix I + hanti, he strikes; see gwhen- in Appendix I).
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