Ruth
n 1: (1895-1948) US professional baseball player famous for
hitting home runs [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 [syn: {Ruth}]
3: a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of
others; "the blind are too often objects of pity" [syn: {commiseration},
{pity}, {pathos}]
4: a book of the Old Testament that tells the story of Ruth who
was not an Israelite but who married and Israelite and who
stayed with her mother-in-law Naomi after her husband died
[syn: {Ruth}]