Easter - Definition
nEaster:
\Eas'ter\, n. [AS. e['a]ster, e['a]stran, paschal feast,
Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. Anglo-Saxon. E['a]stre, a goddess of light
or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April;
- Webster's
Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), “Easter”