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Redeemer

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. One who redeems.

n. Christianity Jesus.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. One who redeems; who provides redemption

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. One who redeems.

n. Specifically, the Savior of the world, Jesus Christ.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. One who redeems, ransoms, or atones for another. See redemption.

n. Specifically The Saviour of the world, Jesus Christ.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. someone who redeems or buys back (promissory notes or merchandise or commercial paper etc.)

n. 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)

Word Usage

"The idea in "redeemer" with Job is Vindicator (Job 16: 19; Nu 35: 27), redressing his wrongs; also including at least with us, and probably with him, the idea of the predicted Bruiser of the serpent's head."

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

money dealer money handler

Cross Reference

congregation of the redeemer order of the redeemer

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

deliverer liberator tuer chasser modred intercessor civilizer ching Christ superstate