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Hester

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Hester — Latin form of Esther. Like Esther, it has been used in England since the Protestant Reformation. Nathaniel Hawthorne used it for the heroine of his novel 'The Scarlet Letter' (1850), Hester Prynne.

EnglishBiblical Latin2 syllables · /ˈhɛs.tər/

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