noun
                                                United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
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                                                                                                                                                                        Babe Ruth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                George Herman Ruth
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Sultan of Swat
                                                                                                                                                            
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
                                                
                                                                                             
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others
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                                                                                                        - the blind are too often objects of pity
 
                                                                                        
                                                noun
                                                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
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                                                                                                                                                                        Book of Ruth