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MOTHER TERESA
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• MOTHER TERESA (noun)
The noun MOTHER TERESA has 1 sense:
1. Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Familiarity information: MOTHER TERESA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Indian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia); dedicated to helping the poor in India (1910-1997)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Mother Teresa; Mother Theresa; Teresa; Theresa
Instance hypernyms:
missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
nun (a woman religious)
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