Definition of "Emmanuel"

Emmanuel

/ɪˈmænjuəl/

proper noun
plural Emmanuels
1. Immanuel (Biblical figure whose birth is foretold).
  Quotations
  Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], Matthew 1:23
  1. (Christianity) Immanuel (this figure, regarded by Christians as the Christ).
2. A male given name from Hebrew of Biblical origin.
  Quotations
  Cade. What is thy name? / Clerk. Emmanuel. / Dick. They use to write it on the top of letters. 'Twill go hard with you.
  1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act IV, (please specify the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals)]
  Some call their sons Emmanuel : this is too bold. The name is proper to Christ, therefore not to be communicated to any creature.
  1629, Thomas Adams, Meditations upon Creed: The Works of Thomas Adams, James Nichol (1862), volume 3, page 212
3. A surname.
4. (Cambridge University, informal) Ellipsis of Emmanuel College, Cambridge..