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THERESA
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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:
Instance hypernyms:
missionary; missioner (someone sent on a mission--especially a religious or charitable mission to a foreign country)
nun (a woman religious)
Context examples:
Don't think I came here looking for you, Theresa. Your vanity shall not be tickled by any such misapprehension. Our meeting is wholly fortuitous.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
She had screamed when he struck her, and that brought old Theresa down from the room above.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
At the first warning, Theresa began casually to clear away the dishes.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Theresa was as cool as ice, and it was her plot as much as mine.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"And so you're the chap," Messner said in marvelling accents. "Well, well. You see, I really am glad to meet you. I have been—er—curious to know what Theresa found in you—where, I may say, the attraction lay. Well, well."
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Theresa Wright is her name, and the kind of maid you don’t pick up nowadays.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Don't be silly," Theresa interjected.
(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)
Then he threw a decanter at that maid, Theresa Wright—there was trouble about that.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Theresa kept on repeating our story to her mistress, while I swarmed up and cut the rope of the bell.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
One day out in a country lane I met Theresa Wright, her old maid.
(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
