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Asher

noun Ash·er \ˈa-shər\

Definition of ASHER

:  a son of Jacob and the traditional eponymous ancestor of one of the tribes of Israel
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Origin of ASHER

Hebrew Āshēr
First Known Use: 14th century

Rhymes with ASHER

basher, clasher, crasher, dasher, flasher, lasher, masher, rasher, slasher, smasher, splasher, thrasher

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