Esther
Pronunciation
  • (RP) enPR: ĕsʹtə, IPA: /ˈɛstə/
  • (America) enPR: ĕsʹtər, IPA: /ˈɛstɚ/
  • Swahili: IPA: /ˈɛ̝sta(ː)/
Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
  2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. The heroine of the Book of Esther.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), imprinted at London: By Robert Barker, […], OCLC 964384981 ↗, Esther 2:7 ↗:
      :
      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.
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