{"def":{"lit":"star","short":"Ester, the Jewish heroine","long":["the queen of Persia, heroine of the book of Esther—daughter of Abihail, cousin and adopted daughter of Mordecai, of the tribe of Benjamin, made queen by king Ahasuerus to replace divorced queen, Vashti."]},"deriv":"of Persian derivation","pronun":{"ipa":"ʔɛsˈt̪er","ipa_mod":"ʔɛsˈteʁ","sbl":"ʾestēr","dic":"es-TARE","dic_mod":"es-TARE"}}