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ahasuerus
/əˌhæʃəˈwɛɹəs/
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What does ahasuerus mean?
proper noun
- A king of Persia, later identified with Xerxes.
- A name given to the Wandering Jew.
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/əˌhæʃəˈwɛɹəs/
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“Now, King Ahasuerus! What do I want with half your estate? Do you think I am a Jew-usurer, seeking good investment in land? I would much rather have all your confidence. You will not exclude me from your confidence if you admit me to your heart?”
But her thoughts soon strayed far from her own personality; and, full of a passionate and indescribable solicitude for one to whom she was not even a name, she went forth into the amplitude of tanned wild around her, restless as Ahasuerus the Jew.