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Esther (Millais painting)
WordNet
noun
(1) An Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
(2) (Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)
WiktionaryText
Etymology
Either from Persian (setâreh), star, or from Hebrew עשתר (Ishtar), a Persian goddess.
Proper noun
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- A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
- The heroine of the Book of Esther.
Quotations
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- And he brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle's daughter: for she had neither father or mother, and the maiden was fair and beautiful.
Proper noun
- , a popular spelling variant of Ester.
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Proper noun
- Esther.
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