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HOW TO PRONOUNCE

esther

/ˈɛstɚ/

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What does esther mean?

proper noun

  1. A female given name from Persian.
  2. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
  3. The heroine of the Book of Esther.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈɛstɚ/

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Then comes his wife, Esther Steady, home from the market, between whom and her husband there is a pithy dialogue.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648
Evangeline, who is as real a personage as Queen Esther, must have been a different woman from Madame de la Tour.
Charles Dudley WarnerThe Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner — Volume 1Project Gutenberg ebook #2671
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The reader will have noticed that, in enumerating the names of the slaves who lived with my old master, Esther is mentioned.
Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My FreedomProject Gutenberg ebook #202
A group of Jewish boys gave a dramatic version of the story of Joseph and his brethren and again of Queen Esther.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
The achievement was due to the influence of one woman, Esther Morris, a pioneer who was as good a neighbor as she was a suffragist.
Anna Howard Shaw; Elizabeth Garver JordanThe Story of a PioneerProject Gutenberg ebook #354