TERESA

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 I. (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)

Synonyms:

Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu; Mother Teresa; Mother Theresa; Teresa; Theresa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

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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