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sweetheart | angel |

As a noun sweetheart

is a person who is always very kind.

As a proper noun angel is

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sweetheart

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who is always very kind.
    • She is such a sweetheart , she never complains about me being late.
  • A person very much liked or loved by someone, especially when both partners are young.
    • John married his highschool sweetheart in 1981.
  • A female member of a college or university fraternity.

    • Synonyms

    * (kind) sweetie. * (romantic term of endearment) dear, darling, sweetie.

    Derived terms

    * sweetheart deal * sweetheart neckline * sweetheart tax

    Related terms

    * sweet * sweetie

    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.}}

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