Note 54 — CHAP. XI. Various Customs in Abyssinia similar to those in Persia, &c.—A bloody Banquet described, &c.
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If I remember right, it is D. Prideaux that says Esther is a Persian word, of no signification. I rather think it is Abyssinian, because it has a signification in that language. Eshté, the masculine, signifies an agreeable present, and is a proper name, of which Esther is the feminine.