means A promised savior or liberator, especially the anointed deliverer awaited in Jewish tradition or, in Christianity, Jesus identified as that figure — and, by extension, anyone hailed as the one who will fix everything.

from From the Hebrew mashiach, "anointed one" — literally someone smeared with sacred oil to mark them as chosen, since kings and priests were consecrated by pouring oil on their heads. Greek-speaking Jews rendered it as Christos, "anointed," which is why the Hebrew title and its Greek twin point at the same idea. The word reached English through Latin and the church, carrying its dripping, ceremonial origin quietly inside it.