THERESA

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• THERESA (noun)
  The noun THERESA 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: THERESA used as a noun is very rare.

• THERESA (noun)

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)

 Context examples 

My maid, Theresa, sleeps above my room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

There is nothing to forgive, Theresa. I really should thank you.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

"Why should they?" and Mrs. March put the question with what the girls called her 'Maria Theresa air'.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

I should like now to have a few words with the nurse, Theresa.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

My dear Theresa, as I told you before, I don't know. I really haven't thought about it.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

You’ve questioned her long enough, you gentlemen, and now she is coming to her own room, just with her old Theresa, to get the rest that she badly needs.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Womble looked with quick suspicion at Theresa and caught in her eyes a glint of pleased surprise.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

“You are an impudent fellow!” cried Theresa.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

In marked contrast was Messner's "Please don't intrude, Theresa."

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Theresa was always my friend, for she loved Mary and hated this villain almost as much as I did.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)