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Typhoid Mary
Typhoid Maryn. A person from whom something undesirable or deadly spreads to those nearby.
[From the nickname of Mary Mallon.]Ty′phoid Mar′y
n. a carrier or transmitter of anything undesirable, harmful, or catastrophic. [1930–35; after Mary Mallon (d. 1938), Irish-born cook in the U.S., who was found to be a typhoid carrier] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  Typhoid Mary - United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)Mallon, Mary Mallon |
Typhoid Mary
Typhoid MaryA person, especially a woman, who spreads misery or ill fortune to other people or endeavors. A reference to the epithet of Mary Malon, a cook who was thought to have infected 22 people with typhoid fever from 1900-1907 as an asymptomatic carrier. You treat me like I'm some kind of Typhoid Mary, but it's only your mismanagement that has brought ruin to this farm. After yet another company where she worked went bankrupt, Janet began to feel like something of a Typhoid Mary.See also: Marytyphoid MaryA carrier or spreader of misfortune, as in I swear he's a typhoid Mary; everything at the office has gone wrong since he was hired . This expression alludes to a real person, Mary Manson, who died in 1938. An Irish-born servant, she transmitted typhoid fever to others and was referred to as "typhoid Mary" from the early 1900s. The term was broadened to other carriers of calamity in the mid-1900s. See also: MaryTyphoid Mary You can describe someone as Typhoid Mary if they bring bad luck or harm to other people. After the relationship ended, she became a Typhoid Mary, spoiling the romantic lives of everyone around her. Note: Typhoid Mary was a cook who spread the disease typhoid to several hospitals that she worked in, though she never became ill herself. See also: MaryTyphoid Mary
Typhoid MarySee Mallon, Mary.Typhoid Mary(Mary Mallon, 1870–1938) unwitting carrier of typhus; suffered 23-year quarantine. [Am. Hist.: Van Doren, 354]See: DiseaseTyphoid Mary
A popular term for a human carrier of a virulent strain of bacteria—e.g., salmonella or diphtheria—or virus—e.g., hepatitis or HIV-1Typhoid Mary Epidemiology A popular term or a human carrier of a virulent strain of bacteria–eg, salmonella, diphtheria or virus–eg, hepatitis or HIV-1. See High disseminator. Typhoid Mary
Related to Typhoid Mary: typhoid fever, Bloody MarySynonyms for Typhoid Marynoun United States cook who was an immune carrier of typhoid fever and who infected dozens of people (1870-1938)Synonyms |