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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- In the Bible, the Jewish queen of Persia who saved her people from massacre.
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Esther.]
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[Hebrew estēr, from Persian sitareh, star; see ster- in Indo-European roots, or Akkadian Ištar, Ishtar; see Ishtar.]
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