ruth

Ruth (http://definr.com/Ruth)

     n 1: American 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 [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]