Definition of "Ruth"

Ruth

/ɹuːθ/

proper noun
1. A book of the Old Testament and the Hebrew Tanakh.
2. Ruth, the resident of Moab around whom the text centers.
  Quotations
  And Ruth said, Intreat me not to leave thee, or return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Ruth 1:16
3. A female given name from Hebrew.
  Quotations
  Her face hardened."I despise pity.""In spite of your name? Ruth is your name, isn't it? Piquant that. Ruth the ruthless."
  1945, Agatha Christie, Sparkling Cyanide, HarperCollins, published 2010, page 30
  He pictured the woman as dark and Biblical, because of her name: Ruth. Shadowed eyes and creamy skin. Torrents of loose black hair.
  1982, Anne Tyler, Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant, Fawcett Columbine, published 1996, page 134
4. A census-designated place in White Pine County, Nevada, United States.
5. A census-designated place in Trinity County, California, United States.