a Jewish priest of the 5th century bc, 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
Ezra in American English
(ˈɛzrə)
noun
1.
a masculine name
2. Bible
a.
a Hebrew scribe, prophet, and religious reformer of the 5th cent. b.c.