Ruth - Definition

n 1: United States professional baseball player famous for
hitting home runs (1895-1948) [syn: Ruth, Babe Ruth,
George Herman Ruth, Sultan of Swat]
2: the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in
the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
3: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn:
commiseration, pity, ruth, pathos]
4: 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
[syn: Ruth, Book of Ruth]