Ezra
n (Old Testament)
1 a Jewish priest of the 5th century b.c., who was sent from Babylon by the Persian king Artaxerxes I to reconstitute observance of the Jewish law and worship in Jerusalem after the captivity
2 the book recounting his efforts to perform this task
ibn-Ezra
n Abraham Ben Meir. 1093--1167, Jewish poet, scholar, and traveller, born in Spain