plural cherubs or cherubim
ˈcher-ə-ˌbim 
ˈker-,
also ˈcher-yə-
1
2
plural usually cherubs
a
: a beautiful usually winged child in painting and sculpture
b
: an innocent-looking usually chubby and rosy person
This torrent of arcane football lingo spewed from the lips of a red-haired, freckle-faced cherub …—
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Art cycles in and out of fashion, and nothing could have been less suited to twentieth-century taste than Boucher’s chocolate-box cherubs.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
All that’s missing is cherub wings.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Above the doorways, delicate gold cherubs peer down, which Trump was keen to display as a symbolic gesture.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
All that’s missing is cherub wings.
—Pat Beall, Sun Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2025
Nowhere is the dream of pastoral harmony regained through scientific knowledge more beautifully realized than in Boucher’s nocturne of a cherub, telescope in hand, contemplating the moon.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2025
Above the doorways, delicate gold cherubs peer down, which Trump was keen to display as a symbolic gesture.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Cherub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cherub. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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cherub
noun
cher·ub
ˈcher-əb
1
: a painting or drawing of a beautiful child usually with wings
2
: a chubby rosy child
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