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archenemy - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
noun A principal enemy.
noun The Devil; Satan. Used with the.
from The Century Dictionary.
noun A chief enemy; specifically, Satan, the devil.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
noun A principal enemy. Specifically, Satan, the grand adversary of mankind.
from Wiktionary , Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
From arch- + enemy
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In honor of the holiday, Hawaii Five-0 executive producer Peter Lenkov is giving fans a gift — the introduction of the villainous Wo Fat, Steve McGarrett's archenemy from the original 1968 — 1980 series.
Keck's Exclusives: Hawaii Five-0 Brings Back a Big Killer 2010
“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy ?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy ?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy ?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
Sending Tanya Vladimova in against his archenemy was a step he had longed to take years ago but could never bring himself to do.
The Miko Lustbader, Eric 1984
How about for every WoW character above level 20, you get an "archenemy ", an NPC who appears every once in a while to try and mess with you.
Foozles I Have Known, Quests I Have Done 2008
(Yeah, I tell him everything, I tell him that I talk on the phone with his best friend or what he calls his "archenemy " for about 2 hours, I tell him that I spent five hours or so at the mall with another one of his good friends ... and NOTHING happens.)
moschikat Diary Entry moschikat 2002
Who would have thought her archenemy was her next-door neighbor, Linda, Blake’s wife?
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
Who would have thought her archenemy was her next-door neighbor, Linda, Blake’s wife?
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
Who would have thought her archenemy was her next-door neighbor, Linda, Blake’s wife?
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
chained_bear commented on the word archenemy
For a conversational tome, see arch enemy.
October 23, 2007
bilby commented on the word archenemy
Wasn't aware of the Satanic connotation.
December 6, 2015