ESTHER

Esther, Book of Esther

(noun) an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre

Esther

(noun) (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)

Source: WordNet® 3.1



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Word of the Day

24 December 2024

INTUITIVELY

(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”


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