Esther

/ˈɛstər/
/ˈɛsθə/
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Definitions of Esther
  1. 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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    Jewess
    a woman who is a Jew
    queen
    the wife or widow of a king
  2. noun
    an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre
    synonyms: Book of Esther
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    book
    a major division of a long written composition
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/ˈɛstər/
UK
/ˈɛsθə/
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"The New England Primer"

A Puritan child learned how to read by chanting alphabet rhymes based on the Bible. Here are 24 words selected from the primer that did not include the letters "I" and "U." Here are all the word lists to support the reading of Grade 11 Unit 2's texts from SpringBoard's Common Core ELA series: The Crucible, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God, The New England Primer, The Trial of Martha Carrier, The Lessons of Salem, The Very Proper Gander, Declaration of Conscience, Why I Wrote The Crucible, Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, Speech to the Virginia Convention, The Gettysburg Address, FDR's First Inaugural Address , JFK's Inaugural Address

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