Foeman

//ˈfəʊmən// noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon. archaic

    "a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde."

  2. 2
    a male armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force) wordnet

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adversaryantagonistassailantdevilenemyfoe

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""Not so Achilles, whom thy lying tongue / would feign thy father; like a foeman brave, / he scorned a suppliant's rights and trust to wrong, / and sent me home in safety, – ay, and gave / my Hector's lifeless body to the grave.""

Etymology

From Middle English foman (“an enemy, devil, demon”), from Old English fāhman (“enemy”), equivalent to foe + man.

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