Esther

n 1: (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) [syn: {Esther}]

2: a book of the Old Testament that tells how Esther saved her

people from massacre [syn: {Esther}]

ETHER

A {concurrent} {object-oriented} language?

(1997-03-18)