"'mon" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "'mons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "'mon (plural 'mons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles",
          "word": "mon"
        }
      ],
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 22, Daniel Furn, “When will Pokémon Home come to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet?”, in Radio Times",
          "text": "Another generation is upon us in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which of course means a new region, new Professors and, of course, brand new 'mons. […] However, it's worth bearing in mind that not every Pokémon is supported in the Scarlet and Violet Pokédex, and therefore only certain 'mons can be transferred from Pokémon Home.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mon (“creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles”)."
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "mon",
          "mon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "'mon"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "'mons",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "'mon (plural 'mons)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "extra": "creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles",
          "word": "mon"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2022 December 22, Daniel Furn, “When will Pokémon Home come to Pokémon Scarlet and Violet?”, in Radio Times",
          "text": "Another generation is upon us in Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, which of course means a new region, new Professors and, of course, brand new 'mons. […] However, it's worth bearing in mind that not every Pokémon is supported in the Scarlet and Violet Pokédex, and therefore only certain 'mons can be transferred from Pokémon Home.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of mon (“creature in a video game, usually one which is captured, trained up and used in battles”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mon",
          "mon#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "'mon"
}