name
Meaning 1
A nun who worked among the poor for many decades in India.
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Phrase guide
Mother Teresa
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noun
Meaning 2
A person who is completely unselfish to the point of being saintly.
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noun
Meaning 3
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)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: Teresa, Theresa, Mother Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
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Broader terms: missionary, missioner, nun
History
Etymology
Appellativisation of Mother Teresa, an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chinese Cantonese: 德蘭修女 /德兰修女 — nun
- Chinese Mandarin: 德蘭修女 /德兰修女 (Délán xiūnǚ) — nun
- Finnish: äiti Teresa — nun
- French: mère Teresa — nun
- German: Mutter Teresa — nun
- Japanese: マザー·テレサ (Mazā-Teresa) — nun
- Portuguese: Madre Teresa — nun
- Russian: мать Тере́за (matʹ Tɛrɛ́za) — nun