Esther

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1. Esther - Noun

2. Esther - Proper noun

Meaning

an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre

(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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This view of the case amused Esther for a time, but not for long - the matter was too serious for any treatment but a joke, and joking made it more serious still. Henry Adams

You own a Tic Tac. Gum is just borrowed. - Esther. Sarah Dessen

Esther looked at him with an expression that would have been a smile if it had not been infinitely dreary and absent; then she said, simply and finally: "But George, I don't love you, I love him." Henry Adams

I was born in Belgium on 6 November 1932. I am married to Mira Nikomarow and have five children: Michele, Anne, Georges, from a first marriage with Esther Dujardin, and Sarah, Helene from a second one with Danielle Vindal. Francois Englert

I like sunny stories. You know, my favorite girls in the '50s were Debbie Reynolds, Doris Day, and Esther Williams. Edward Herrmann

Which Esther Williams do you want to hear about? Esther Williams

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