ruth

n. female first name; (Biblical) wife of Boaz and great-grandmother of king David; Book of Ruth, book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth

n. compassion, pity; sorrow, remorse, regret

Ruth can refer to:Book of Ruth, one of the books of the Hebrew BibleRuth (band), American band out of Vancouver, WashingtonRuth (lunar crater) on the MoonRuth (crater on Venus)Ruth (novel), novel by Elizabeth GaskellBaby Ruth, candy barCitizen Ruth, 1996 movie about abortion in the United StatesPeople named Ruth include:Babe Ruth, nickname of the baseball player George Herman RuthRuth Simmons, 18th president of Brown UniversityRuth Todd, a Salt Lake City television personalityRuth (comics), an archangel in the Ghost Rider comic bookRuth (dragon), character in Anne McCaffrey's Dragonriders of Pern novelsRuth (human-Missing link), in Human history the human and the apes has been merged through the New found missing link "Ruth".
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Noun
1. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
(synonym) Babe Ruth, George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat
(hypernym) ballplayer, baseball player
2. the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
(hypernym) wife, married woman
3. a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who was not an Israelite but who married an Israelite and who stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
(synonym) Book of Ruth
(hypernym) book
(part-holonym) Hagiographa, Ketubim, Writings

Noun
1. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others; "the blind are too often objects of pity"
(synonym) commiseration, pity, pathos
(hypernym) sympathy, fellow feeling

n. Ruth, female first name

n. Ruth, female first name