Esther
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(noun) a book of the Old Testament that tells how Esther saved her people from massacre |
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Related Words: book |
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(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) |
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Related Words: Jewess, female monarch, queen, queen regnant |
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