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Ezra

UK/ˈɛzɹə/ US/ˈɛzrʌ/ fairly common

noun

1.

a person who has the right to be considered legally a British citizen (by virtue of the birth of a parent or grandparent)

2.

an Old Testament book telling of a rabbi''s efforts in the 5th century BC to reconstitute Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the Babylonian Captivity

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Origin

From the Biblical Hebrew עֶזְרָא (ʿezrā). Doublet of Esdras.

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