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    TYPHOID MARY

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

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

    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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