English

Proper noun

Asher

1. (biblical) Eighth son of Jacob, by his wife's handmaid Zilpah.
2. (biblical) One of the Israelite tribes, descended from Asher.
3. A male given name
4. A female given name

Quotations

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Genesis 35:22b-26

  Now the sons of Jacob were twelve: ²³ The sons of Leah; Reuben, Jacob's firstborn, and Simeon, and Levi, and Judah, and Issachar, and Zebulun: ²⁴ The sons of Rachel; Joseph, and Benjamin: ²⁵ And the sons of Bilhah, Rachel's handmaid; Dan, and Naphtali: ²⁶ And the sons of Zilpah, Leah's handmaid; Gad, and Asher: these are the sons of Jacob, which were born to him in Padan-aram.

• 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Joshua 21:30

  And out of the tribe of Asher, Mishal with her suburbs Abdon ith her suburbs,

Translations

See also

• Asher (Bible) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• earsh, hares, harse, hears, rheas, share, shear

English

Noun

asher ‎(plural ashers)

1. (Internet) A member of the alt.suicide.holiday newsgroup, which deals with the topics of suicide and depression.
   • 1998, "im__naked", everybody`s got 2 cents RIGHT? (on Internet newsgroup alt.support.grief)

     ANYONE who first stumbles upon ash is bound to want to SAVE these desperately unhappy people. If you think Daisy was the first or last person trying to knock sense into the ashers, you are wrong. And from my observations, Anyone with only good intentions, (say trying to give ashers a spiritual outlook) is visciously ^[sic] attacked by ash.

   • 1998, "Marc", MESSAGE TO JENNY M. (on Internet newsgroup alt.angst)

     I can't remember how this thread started to be honest, but if someone said that suicide won't affect others, I agree with you about that. In fact I think all ASHers would agree that a suicide is not an isolated event that won't make ripples in the life of others.

   • 2001, "John T. Kennedy", Libertarians, Suicide, & the "Social Contract [TROLL] (on Internet newsgroup alt.test)

     Ashers offer such good arguments. Like: "You're dumb."

   • 2007, "slunky", Is it true that you can't commit suicide with pills? (on Internet newsgroup alt.support.depression)

     Some ashers dislike and ridicule online forums like asd, that provide a more traditional forms ^[sic] of support, as useless and requiring insincere displays of affection. This view is quite subjective. The support on asd suits those who read it, and not ashers.

Anagrams

• earsh, hares, harse, hears, rheas, share, shear