messiah

1. N-PROPER For Jews, the Messiah is the king of the Jews, who will be sent to them by God. 彌賽亞

2. N-PROPER For Christians, the Messiah is Jesus Christ. 耶穌基督

3. N-COUNT If you refer to someone as a messiah, you mean that they are expected to do wonderful things, especially to rescue people from a very difficult or dangerous situation, or that they are thought to have done these things. 救星; 救世主[usu with supp]

People saw Mandela as their messiah. 人民把曼德拉眡爲他們的救星。