noun

• (Abrahamic tradition) The one who is ordained by God to lead the people of Israel, believed by Christians and Muslims to be Jesus Christ.
• (religion, loosely) A similar religious figure or awaited divine ruler, such as the Islamic Mahdi.
• (figuratively) An extremely powerful figure.
• (Judaism) The promised and expected savior or liberator of the Jewish people.
• A saviour or liberator of a group of people.
• (Christianity) Jesus.