Foe
WordNet
noun
(1) An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
"A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"
(2) A personal enemy
"They had been political foes for years"
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Etymology 1
, , from . Cognates include Old High German and Old Norse .
Adjective
- Hostile.
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 23:
- he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King [...]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 23: