[tuh-ree-suh, -zuh, -rey-; for 2 also Sp. te-re-sah] 
| 1. | Mother (Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu ), 1910–97, Albanian nun: Nobel peace prize 1979 for work in the slums of Calcutta, India. |
| 2. | Saint. Theresa, Saint. |
| 3. | a female given name, form of Theresa. |
| Te·re·sa (tə-rē'sə, -zə, -rā'-) Albanian-born Indian nun. Dedicated to relieving the suffering of India's desperately poor and dying people, she founded a Roman Catholic congregation of sisters, the Missionaries of Charity, in 1950. She won the 1979 Nobel Peace Prize. |
A Roman Catholic nun, born in Yugoslavia, who received the Nobel Prize for peace in 1979 for her humanitarian work among lepers and other dying poor of Calcutta.