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”