messiah

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Richard Stallman is a messiah sent to us by God himself, let him show us the path to righteousness, let him drive us to heaven!

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any expected deliverer

Meaning at a glance

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noun

any expected deliverer

noun

Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

noun

the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for messiah.

noun

any expected deliverer

noun

Jesus Christ; considered by Christians to be the promised deliverer

noun

the awaited king of the Jews; the promised and expected deliverer of the Jewish people

noun

an oratorio composed by Handel in 1742

Example sentences

Richard Stallman is a messiah sent to us by God himself, let him show us the path to righteousness, let him drive us to heaven!

At this stage he could try to convince those behind the bugs that he has gone mad. Claiming to be the messiah, pretending to have narrowly avoided being poisoned, hearing voices - standard lunatic stuff.

OOP's problem wasn't so much smugness as a messiah complex, or maybe cargo-cult application of OOP when it really wasn't a good fit for the problem.

How many atheists would tear down Sisko the messiah, how every decision would be questioned, mocked, dissected where the actors and the acted upon could see it?Who, exactly?

I'm thrilled for the author that he found something he can profitably produce, and I commend him on his exit from the messiah complex echo chamber that's plaguing our industry.

I can finally let go of my plan to abandon my family, move to the bay area, drain my life savings, live in a shoebox, stumble from one conference and event to the next hoping to network and find my messiah & co-founder, try to get funded, grow my business to someone else's expectations, all for a tiny fraction of a chance to succeed and be either a slave to my own company or lose control of my baby and walk away with diluted equity.