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An incorporeal and holy or semidivine messenger from a deity or other divine entity, traditionally depicted as a youthful, winged figure in flowing robes.

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

(figuratively) A person having qualities traditionally attributed to angels.

Someone who is pure or innocent.

Someone who is kind or selfless.

Someone, especially a woman or child, having youthful, wholesome, or radiant beauty.

(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. +

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

(colloquial, dated) An unidentified flying object detected by air traffic control radar.

(finance) An angel investor.

(theater) The person who funds a show.

(theater, slang) To support by donating money.

(informal) A person who has Angelman syndrome.