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HESTER
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Gender: Feminine
Usage: English
Pronounced: HES-tər [key]
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Variant of ESTHER. Like Esther, it has been used since the Protestant Reformation. It was used by Nathaniel Hawthorne for the heroine of his novel 'The Scarlet Letter' (1850), Hester Prynne. |
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