A member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, founded at Maryknoll in 1911, or of the associated order of nuns founded the following year.
Origin
1920s. From Maryknoll, the name of a town in N.Y. State, where the society was founded + -er.
Definition of Maryknoller in US English:
Maryknoller
noun
US
A member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, founded at Maryknoll in 1911, or of the associated order of nuns founded the following year.
Origin
1920s. From Maryknoll, the name of a town in N.Y. State, where the society was founded + -er.