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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 | ||
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