Mother Teresa

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A nun who worked among the poor for many decades in India.
noun
  1. A person who is completely unselfish to the point of being saintly.

Word forms

Mother Teresa Mother Teresas

Etymology

Appellativisation of Mother Teresa, an Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary.

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