Dictionary

angel of death en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. ▸ An angel which attends to death, collecting souls at death, ending life at the appointed time of death.
2. A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. ▸ An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death. ▸ Azrael.
3. A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. ▸ An angel in Abrahamic scripture or eschatology that attends to death. ▸ Death, one of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
4. A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. ▸ The Grim Reaper.
5. (of Japanese, qualifier:translations) A personification of death in fiction, art, mythology, or religion. ▸ A shinigami.
6. (qualifier:crime) A type of serial killer who is employed as a caregiver and kills people under their care.
   • New evidence could lead to the freeing of a nurse known as the “angel of death” who was convicted of killing four patients. 2021 February 12, Vikram Dodd, “Colin Norris: serial killer nurse conviction sent to court of appeal”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:
7. Synonym of destroying angel (“a type of mushroom”).

Forms

Synonyms

death angel · destroying angel · angel of mercy

Translations (41)

ro îngerul morții (personification of death in fiction and in art) · it angelo della morte (personification of death in fiction and in art) · de Todesengel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · el άγγελος θανάτου (personification of death in fiction and in art) · pdt Doodesenjel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · hu halál angyala (type of serial killer) · pt anjo da morte (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ar مَلَك الْمَوْت (personification of death in fiction and in art) · inh мулкалмуст (personification of death in fiction and in art) · is dauðinn (personification of death in fiction and in art) · fr ange de la mort (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ko 사신 (personification of death in fiction and in art) · tr ölüm meleği (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ru а́нгел сме́рти (personification of death in fiction and in art) · sv dödsängel (type of serial killer) · sv dödsängel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · he מַלְאַךְ הַמָּוֶת (personification of death in fiction and in art) · da dødsengel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · nl doodsengel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · yi מלאך־המות (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ba үлем фәрештәһе (personification of death in fiction and in art) · nl worgengel (personification of death in fiction and in art) · vi tử thần (personification of death in fiction and in art) · is maðurinn með ljáinn (personification of death in fiction and in art) · kk өлім періштесі (personification of death in fiction and in art) · pl anioł śmierci (type of serial killer) · pl anioł śmierci (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ar مَلَك مَوْت (personification of death in fiction and in art) · fa-ira فِرِشْتِهٔ مَرْگ (personification of death in fiction and in art) · es ángel de la muerte (personification of death in fiction and in art) · is engill dauðans (personification of death in fiction and in art) · hu halál angyala (personification of death in fiction and in art) · nl engel des doods (personification of death in fiction and in art) · fa-ira مَلِکاُلْمُوْت (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ce мулкалмуост (personification of death in fiction and in art) · fi kuolemanenkeli (type of serial killer) · bg а́нгел на смъртта́ (personification of death in fiction and in art) · vi thần chết (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ca àngel de la mort (personification of death in fiction and in art) · ru смерть (personification of death in fiction and in art) · fi kuolemanenkeli (personification of death in fiction and in art)

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