Definition of: Michael

(mī′kəl; Ger. mi′khä·el, Lat. mī′kə·el)
A masculine personal name. Also Polish Mi·chal (mē′khäl), Russian Mi·cha·il (mē·kä·ēl), Fr. Mi·chel (mē·shel′), Ital. Mi·che·le (mē·kā′·lā). [<Hebrew, who is like God]
—Michael
An archangel. Rev. xii 7. In Milton's Paradise Lost, he expels Adam and Eve from Paradise. In Moslem mythology, one of the four archangels, called the champion of the faith.
—Michael I,
born 1921, king of Rumania 1927–30,1940–47.