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Astarte definition

As·tarte (as tär′tē)

noun

a Semitic goddess of fertility and sexual love, worshiped by the Phoenicians and others

Etymology: L < Gr Astartē < Heb ashtoret, Ashtoreth

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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