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      angel
      noun
      An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.
      (figuratively) A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.
      Someone who is kind or selfless.
      Someone who is pure or innocent.
      Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.
      (finance) An angel investor.
      (theater) The person who funds a show.
      someone that funds
      (Abrahamic religion) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
      (informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.
      (military slang, originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
      A female given name from English of modern usage from the English noun angel.
      A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century; or an anglicized spelling of Ángel.
      A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname or, rarely, as a patronymic.
      (baseball) A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams.
      Alternative letter-case form of angel. [An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.]
      (colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
      (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
      (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church.
      (historical) An English gold coin, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, circulated between the 15th and 17th centuries, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.
      verb
      (transitive, theater, slang) To support by donating money.
      Roots
      angelosangel- · Greek · messenger
      Synonyms for angel
      cherubncherubimnangelologynsaintndemonnbackern
      Words related to angel
      angelicadjangelicaladjarchangelnseraphnseraphicadjseraphicaladjangelicancherubicadjcherubicallyadvangelicallyadvputtoseraphicallyadvamorettoeudemonnlucifernheavennheavenlyadjariel

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