English noun: Esther | |||
1. | Esther (person) (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) | ||
Instance hypernym | Jewess, queen | ||
Domain category | Old Testament | ||
2. | Esther (communication) an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre | ||
Synonyms | Book of Esther | ||
Instance hypernym | book | ||
Part meronym | Hagiographa, Ketubim, Old Testament, Writings | ||