angel
• noun 1 a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant or messenger of God, conventionally represented as being of human form with wings. 2 a person of great beauty, kindness, or virtue. 3 theatrical slang a financial backer. 4 a former English coin bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon. — PHRASES on the side of the angels on the side of what is right. — ORIGIN Greek angelos ‘messenger’.
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