Meaning of angel in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• An incorporeal and sometimes divine messenger from a deity, or other divine entity, often depicted in art as a youthful winged figure in flowing robes.

• (Abrahamic tradition) One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.

• A person having the qualities attributed to angels, such as purity or selflessness.

  Example: Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.

• Attendant spirit; genius; demon.

• (possibly obsolete) An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic church.

• 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.

• (originally Royal Air Force) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.

  Example: Climb to angels sixty. (“ascend to 60,000 feet”)

• An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.

• An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity; an angel investor.

• The person who funds a show.

verb

• To support by donating money.

noun

• A person who has Angelman syndrome.