Also known as Hadassah, she was a Jewish woman who was orphaned by the deportation to Babylon (Esther 2:7) and adopted by her uncle, Mordecai. By marriage to King Xerxes (=Ahauserus; 485-464 BCE), she became Queen of Persia. Because of her royal connections, she was able to avert a pogrom planned against her people and have the royal decree of extermination reversed. Esther and this event are celebrated in the annual feast of Purim on the 14th and 15th of Adar (February-March).

One of the heroes of the story of Purim.

(Old Testament) a beautiful Jewess chosen by the king of Persia to be his queen; she stopped a plot to massacre all the Jews in Persia (an event celebrated by Jews as the feast of Purim)

Esther is a Lotus 7 type car made in Ugglerum, Sweden. The company was founded by Lars Svensson and Magnus Haferbier in 1987. They started off with a shingle wood board jig who had been used for earlier Lotus 7 copies in the Kalmar area.

'Sister' of Fon of Bum