HyperDic: mother_theresa

English > 1 sense of the expression Mother Theresa:
NOUNperson Mother Theresa, Teresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Agnes Gonxha BojaxhiuIndian nun and missionary in the Roman Catholic Church (born of Albanian parents in what is now Macedonia)
English > Mother Theresa: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningIndian 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).
SynonymsTeresa, Mother Teresa, Theresa, Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu
Instance ofmissionary, missionersomeone sent on a mission / mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country
nunA woman religious
SpanishAgnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu, Teresa
CatalanTeresa, Theresa

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