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- proper noun A
nun who worked among the poor for many decades inIndia . - noun A person who is completely
unselfish to the point of beingsaintly .
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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Nation in which he called Mother Teresa "The Ghoul of Calcutta".
WN.com - Articles related to Chavez Suspends radio-TV Program During Campaign 2010
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She remains in Thailand, at her clinic, where she is known as the Mother Teresa of the Burmese.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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She remains in Thailand, at her clinic, where she is known as the Mother Teresa of the Burmese.
Spoken from the Heart Laura Bush 2010
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He called Mother Teresa "a fanatic, a fundamentalist and a fraud."
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Hitchens wrote an article for The Nation in which he called Mother Teresa "The Ghoul of
WN.com - Articles related to Chavez Suspends radio-TV Program During Campaign 2010
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To liken herself to Mother Teresa is to misunderstand the latter's work of alleviating the pain and suffering of the poor and the unwanted.
To The Bitter End 2008
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But those who would call Mother Teresa a “fanatic”?
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But those who would call Mother Teresa a “fanatic”?
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Many called Mother Teresa "the saint of the gutters" for her tireless work with the poor.
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Oh ... c'mon Uncle Bob ... you HAVE to apologize for calling Mother Teresa a bitch ... right???
unclebob Diary Entry unclebob 2000
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