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Judith definition

Ju·dith (jo̵̅o̅′dit̸h)

noun

  1. a feminine name: dim. Judy
    1. a Jewish woman who saved her people by killing Holofernes
    2. a book of the Apocrypha telling her story: abbrev. Jdh, Jdt, Jth or Jud

Etymology: LL(Ec) < Gr(Ec) Ioudith < Heb yehūdhīth, fem. of yehūdhāh, Judah

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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