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1. (n.) Haman
a powerful prince at the court of Ahasuerus, who was hanged upon exposure of his plan to destroy the Jews. Esther 3–6.
Etymology: (1890–95; < Gk: a fault =hamart- (base of hamartánein to err) +-ia -ia)
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1. (noun) Haman
(Old Testament) the minister of the Persian emperor who hated the Jews and was hanged for plotting to massacre them
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1. haman
an enemy of the Jews in Persia, who persuaded the king to decree the destruction of them against a particular day, but whose purpose was defeated by the reversal of the sentence of doom.
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