Judith

/ˈdʒudəθ/
/ˈdʒudɪθ/
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Other forms: Judiths

Definitions of Judith
  1. noun
    Jewish heroine in one of the books of the Apocrypha; she saved her people by decapitating the Assyrian general Holofernes
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    heroine
    a woman possessing heroic qualities or a woman who has performed heroic deeds
  2. noun
    an Apocryphal book telling how Judith saved her people
    synonyms: Book of Judith
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    book
    a major division of a long written composition
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