| Library / English Dictionary |
REDEEMER
| Pronunciation (US): |  | (GB): | |
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("redeemer" is a kind of...):
money dealer; money handler (a person who receives or invests or pays out money)
Derivation:
redeem (convert into cash; of commercial papers)
redeem (pay off (loans or promissory notes))
redeem (exchange or buy back for money; under threat)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29)
Synonyms:
Christ; Deliverer; Good Shepherd; Jesus; Jesus Christ; Jesus of Nazareth; Redeemer; Savior; Saviour; the Nazarene
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
Logos; Son; Word (the divine word of God; the second person in the Trinity (incarnate in Jesus))
Hebrew; Israelite; Jew (a person belonging to the worldwide group claiming descent from Jacob (or converted to it) and connected by cultural or religious ties)
prophet (someone who speaks by divine inspiration; someone who is an interpreter of the will of God)
Instance hyponyms:
El Nino (the Christ child)
Derivation:
redeem (save from sins)
