cherub
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- n a sweet innocent baby
- n an angel of the second order whose gift is knowledge; usually portrayed as a winged child
- Neil MacGregor, the cherub-faced director of the British Museum, uses a more refined arsenal: cultural relics and priceless artifacts.
- And Thompson's angel is no cherub but a winged Old Testament monster of sexual heat and arrogance who proclaims, "My wrath is as fearsome as my countenance is splendid!".
- And you know, that little cherub he had golden ringlets and big blue eyeslaunched forth with a story that went on and on.