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ˈarch-ˈenemy
[arch- 2.]
1. A chief enemy.
1550Coverdale Spir. Perle xxix. (1588) 299 He is the deadly Archenemy of God, and of all mankind. 1615Crooke Body of Man 346 Vacuity that Arch-enemy of Nature. 1851Hawthorne Twice-told T. I. i. 17 Edward Randolph, our arch-enemy.
2. spec. The arch-fiend Satan. (Cf. quot. 1550 in 1.)
1850A. Jameson Sacr. & Leg. Art 430 The persecutions of the arch-enemy. |