Monk (disambiguation)
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A monk is a person who practices a strict religious and ascetic lifestyle.
Monk may also refer to:
In people:
- George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, a British general and politician in the Commonwealth and Restoration period
- George William Monk, a Canadian politician
- Henry Wentworth Monk, a millenarian prophet and early zionist
- Thelonious Monk, a jazz pianist and composer
- Meredith Monk, an American composer, performer, director, vocalist, film-maker, and choreographer
- Sophie Monk, an Australian pop singer, actress and occasional model
In writing:
- The Monk, a Gothic novel by Matthew Gregory Lewis
- Monk: The Mobile Magazine, a magazine featuring the adventures of Jim Crotty and Michael Lane
- Monk (comics), a vampire-werewolf hybrid and nemesis of Batman
- Monks, a character in the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
In entertainment:
- Monk (TV series), a television show about an obsessive-compulsive detective
- Adrian Monk, the title character
- The Monks, a 1960s rock band
- The Monks (punk band), a 1970s punk band
- Meddling Monk, a character in the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
In other:
- Monk (character class), a character class in Dungeons & Dragons and other tabletop and computer role-playing games
- Monk (Montreal Metro), a metro station in Montreal, Québec
- Monk (programming language), a programming language proprietary to SeeBeyond eGate Enterprise Application Integration tool
- Monk, a slang term for Monkey