angel

noun angels · Angel · angell

1. An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes. The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
2. One of the lowest order of such beings, below virtues.
3. figuratively Someone who is pure or innocent. Michael Brown, 18, due to be buried on Monday, was no angel, with public records and interviews with friends and family revealing both problems and promise in his young life.
4. figuratively Someone who is kind or selfless. Thanks for making me breakfast in bed, you little angel.
5. figuratively Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.
6. obsolete Attendant spirit; genius; demon. Diſpaire thy Charme, / And let the Angell whom thou ſtill haſt ſeru’d / Tell thee, Macduffe was from his Mothers womb / Vntimely ript.
7. obsolete, possibly An official (a bishop, or sometimes a minister) who heads a Christian church, especially a Catholic Apostolic Church. An apostle, or angel, or bishop, as he is now called, resided with a college of presbyters about him, in every considerable city of the Roman empire; to that angel or bishop, was committed the pastoral care of all the Christian in the city and its suburbs, extending as far on all sides as the jurisd
8. 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.

   Similar: angel-noble

9. slang An altitude, measured in thousands of feet. Climb to angels sixty.
10. colloquial, dated An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.
11. An angel investor. “Latent” angels are defined as those who have not invested capital in the past 12 months, although they likely have invested knowledge in the process of reviewing potential investments.
12. The person who funds a show.

    Similar: backer

Similar: errand-ghost

verb angels · angeling · angelling · angeled · angelled

1. slang, transitive To support by donating money. Six years ago, he lost $20,000 in the first show he angelled, a turkey called Dance Night.

noun angels

1. informal A person who has Angelman syndrome; often capitalized.

noun Angels · Angell

1. Alternative letter-case form of angel When men are impatient with children, it is extremely displeasing to the Angels;
2. A player on the team the "Los Angeles Angels" or one of its predecessor "Angels" teams. Smith became an Angel as a result of a pre-season trade.

proper noun Angels · Angell

1. A male given name "What is your first name, Mr Botibol? What does the A stand for?" "Angel," he answered. "Not Angel." "Yes," he said irritably. "Angel Botibol," she murmured and she began to giggle. But she checked herself and said, "I think it's a most unusual and distinguished name."
2. A male given name, variant of Angelo
3. A male given name from Latin Angelus [in turn from Ancient Greek], used since 16th century
4. A male given name from Spanish Ángel, as an anglicization
5. A female given name, variant of Angela
6. A female given name from English, of modern usage, from the English noun angel.
7. A surname At last when nothing else would do he went off to France upon the business of the firm, but we went, mother and I, with Mr. Hardy, who used to be our foreman, and it was there I met Mr. Hosmer Angel.
8. A surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname
9. A surname originating as a patronymic
10. A surname transferred from the given name