[ˈeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)l], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a spiritual being believed to act as an attendant, agent, or messenger of God, conventionally represented in human form with wings and a long robe
(e.g: God sent an angel to talk to Gideon)

- a person of exemplary conduct or virtue
(e.g: I know I'm no angel)

- a person who supports a business financially, typically one who invests private capital in a small or newly established enterprise
(e.g: the longer it takes you to get your product into the marketplace, the longer it will be until the angels get their money back)

- a former English coin minted between the reigns of Edward IV and Charles I and bearing the figure of the archangel Michael killing a dragon

- an aircraft's altitude (often used with a numeral indicating thousands of feet)
(e.g: we rendezvous at angels nine)

- an unexplained radar echo


Phrases:
- on the side of the angels
- the angel in the house

Origin:
Old English engel, ultimately via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek angelos ‘messenger’; superseded in Middle English by forms from Old French angele