ruth

noun

1. United States professional baseball player famous for hitting home runs (1895-1948)
2. a feeling of sympathy and sorrow for the misfortunes of others"the blind are too often objects of pity"
3. the great-grandmother of king David whose story is told in the Book of Ruth in the Old Testament
4. 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