Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for Angel (-s, -s')
angel (-s, -s'), n. [OE < L. < Gk 'messenger'.] (webplay: angel-shot, beautiful, call, figure, God, love, lute, man, resembling, say, small, tell, two, whiteness).
- Resident of heaven; servant of God in heaven; member of the heavenly host; person who has died and gone to heaven.
- Deity; Divinity; Jehovah; Lord; immortal Being.
- Guardian; defender; protector; one of the heavenly host; white-robed officer in the army of God.
- Seraph; ministering spirit; heavenly envoy; divine herald; messenger of God; holy one serving people on earth; intelligent being who communicates God's will to human beings.
- Advisor; mentor; beacon; guide; spirit.
- Good person; friendly neighbor; [fig.] sweet little girls.
- Bird; winged creature in Nature.
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