Theresa

proper nouncommon in dialogue

A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.

proper noun

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A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.
"Theresa!" exclaimed the stranger, "is your name Theresa?" asked she, a death-like paleness at the same time overspreading her countenance. "Is this name so frightful to you?" enquired the recluse. "Frightful!" rejoined the stranger, "O, no, I venerate it, like the name of a saint. I had once an unknown friend, whose name was Theresa.
"Theresa,", he said. "I never cared for that name." Justine nodded, chewing. "I don't like difficult names. I don't like foreignness." "Perhaps they're Catholic," Justine said.
“What this work shows is that masculinity is not just an ideology that men strive to achieve. It’s something we value as a culture,” said lead author Theresa Vescio, a professor of psychology and women’s, gender and sexuality studies at Pennsylvania State University.

Etymology

First used in Spain, supposedly derived from Latin Thēra, from Ancient Greek Θήρᾱ (Thḗrā), name of a city in Santorini, Greece.

thereby · By it; by that; by that means, or as a consequence of that.therefore · Consequently, by or in consequence of that or this cause;…theres · There is; there's.

Theresa · A female given name from Ancient Greek, variant of Teresa.

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