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- proper noun Common misspelling of
Mother Teresa .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun 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)
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Examples
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Watch the Skypecast of my entire interview with Erin Andrews to find out why her friends call her Mother Theresa, how she got interested in sports when she was just 5 years old, and more about what she's doing.
S.Z. Berg: ESPN's Erin Andrews Helping Small Charity Score Big With Fan Support S.Z. Berg 2011
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Watch the Skypecast of my entire interview with Erin Andrews to find out why her friends call her Mother Theresa, how she got interested in sports when she was just 5 years old, and more about what she's doing.
S.Z. Berg: ESPN's Erin Andrews Helping Small Charity Score Big With Fan Support S.Z. Berg 2011
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We don't trust Burmese politics because things are still very unclear," says Dr. Cynthia Maung, a refugee doctor they call "Mother Theresa of Burma" whose Thai border clinic has treated thousands.
www.startribune.com 2012
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She was all over the radio! if you recall Mother Theresa and princess di arrived in heaven the same week ...
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At the other end of the spectrum, our culture is steeped in heroes such as Mother Theresa and Gandhi, who gave up everything to help people in need.
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"I would wait in line for hours to pay respects to a person who through their sacrifice affected society in a positive way, such as Mother Theresa or Martin Luther King."
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Even Mother Theresa, given the chance, would disembowel one with a clean mayoko giri.
Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011
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Even Mother Theresa, given the chance, would disembowel one with a clean mayoko giri.
Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011
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This is how all great leaders have been -- Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Theresa.
Uma Viswanathan: New Leadership In Haiti Uma Viswanathan 2011
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Even Mother Theresa, given the chance, would disembowel one with a clean mayoko giri.
Michael Jones: 13 Assassins: Review Michael Jones 2011
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