esther   (TTS Sound)

The noun esther has 2 senses

• Esther -- ((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))


• Esther, Book of Esther -- (an Old Testament book telling of a beautiful Jewess who became queen of Persia and saved her people from massacre)