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.
- noun a
principal enemy
Etymologies
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Examples
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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
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“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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“Toby Mawer … isn’t he the fellow you called your archenemy?”
A Hellion in Her Bed Sabrina Jeffries 2010
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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
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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.
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(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
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Who would have thought her archenemy was her next-door neighbor, Linda, Blake’s wife?
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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Who would have thought her archenemy was her next-door neighbor, Linda, Blake’s wife?
Déjà Vu Suzetta Perkins 2009
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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