| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| Esther |
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| SYLLABICATION: | Es·ther |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   s t r |
| In the Bible, the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from massacre. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hebrew est r, from Persian sitareh, star. See ster-3 in Appendix I, or Akkadian I tar, Ishtar. See Ishtar.
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