Archdevil

//ɑɹt͡ʃˈdɛvəl// noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A chief or reigning devil. rare

    "From the context and other parts of the work, we are to understand that the demons here described are the personal friends of our sovereign, and that the archdevil was the mother of our sovereign."

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archfiendarchfiend

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"From the context and other parts of the work, we are to understand that the demons here described are the personal friends of our sovereign, and that the archdevil was the mother of our sovereign."

Etymology

From arch- + devil.

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