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angel | bravo |

As a proper noun angel

is .

As an interjection bravo is

bravo.

angel

English

(wikipedia angel)

Alternative forms

* aynjel (Jamaican English)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A divine and supernatural messenger from a deity, or other divine entity.
  • * Ben Jonson
    • The dear good angel of the Spring, / The nightingale.
  • (Abrahamic tradition) The lowest order of angels, below virtues.
  • A selfless person.
    • You made me breakfast in bed, you little angel .
  • (military slang) An altitude, measured in thousands of feet.
    • Climb to angels sixty.
  • An affluent individual who provides capital for a startup, usually in exchange for convertible debt or ownership equity.
  • A minister or pastor of a church, as in the Seven Asiatic churches.
  • * Bible, Rev. ii. 1
    • Unto the angel of the church of Ephesus write.
  • (obsolete) Attendant spirit; genius; demon.
    • (Shakespeare)
  • (historical) An ancient gold coin of England, bearing the figure of the archangel Michael, and varying in value from six shillings and eightpence to ten shillings.

    • Synonyms

    *

    Hyponyms

    * cherub, minion, power, principality, seraph, throne

    Derived terms

    * angel's dram * angelfish * angelic * angel of death * angel of mercy * angelology * archangel * guardian angel * fallen angel

    Related terms

    * evangelist * evangelize

    Descendants

    * Hawaiian:

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • (slang) To support by donating money.
  • * {{quote-journal, year=1984
    • , title=American Magazine , volume=118 citation , page=88 , passage=You've got to come to Chicago to meet Duell, and see Wilson, who's going to angel the show.}}

    Anagrams

    * * * * ----

    bravo

    English

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • A hired soldier; an assassin; a desperado.
  • * {{quote-book, year=1753, author=Theophilus Cibber, title=The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=As for Rochester, he had not genius enough to enter the lists with Dryden, so he fell upon another method of revenge; and meanly hired bravoes to assault him.}}
  • * , title=Red Eve, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="Why should I fight the King of England's bravoes ?" inquired Acour in a languid voice of those who stood about him, a question at which they laughed.}}
  • * 1953 , (Raymond Chandler), The Long Goodbye , Penguin 2010, page 104:
    • Because the headache will always be there, a weapon that never wears out and is as deadly as the bravo ’s rapier or Lucrezia's poison vial.
  • A shout of "!"
  • * {{quote-book, year=1907, author=Kate Dickinson Sweetser, title=Boys and girls from Thackeray, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=There was a roar of bravoes rang through the house; Pen bellowing with the loudest.}}
  • The letter B in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

    • Synonyms

    * (hired soldier) see

    Interjection

  • Used to express acclaim, especially to a performer.
    • Bravo, you have done a brilliant job!

    Usage notes

    Sometimes the (non-anglicized) Italian female form brava' is used for a woman, and the Italian plural forms '''brave''' (feminine) and ' bravi (masculine or mixed).

    Synonyms

    * See

    Related terms

    * bravissimo

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To cheer or applaud, especially by saying bravo!
  • * {{quote-book, year=1910, author=May Agnes Fleming, title=The Baronet's Bride, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage="And my Sunbeam was bravoed , and encored, and crowned with flowers, was she not?" }}
  • * {{quote-book, year=1899, author=Richard Le Gallienne, title=Young Lives, chapter=, edition= citation
    • , passage=Together they had bravoed the great tragedians, and together hopelessly worshipped the beautiful faces, enskied and sainted, of famous actresses. }} ----