TYPHOID MARY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)

Synonyms:

Mallon; Mary Mallon; Typhoid Mary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Instance hypernyms:

carrier; immune carrier ((medicine) a person (or animal) who has some pathogen to which he is immune but who can pass it on to others)

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