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English noun: Ruth

1. Ruth (person) United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)


SynonymsBabe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat


Instance hypernymballplayer, baseball player

2. Ruth (person) the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament


Instance hypernymmarried woman, wife

3. ruth (feeling) a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others


SamplesThe blind are too often objects of pity.


Synonymscommiseration, pathos, pity


Broader (hypernym)fellow feeling, sympathy

4. Ruth (communication) a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died


SynonymsBook of Ruth


Instance hypernymbook


Part meronymHagiographa, Ketubim, Old Testament, Writings









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