foe
noun /fəʊ/
/fəʊ/
(old-fashioned or formal)- an enemy
- She was unsure as yet whether he was friend or foe.
Extra Examples- He knew that Carlton could be an implacable foe.
- His newspaper articles criticized friend and foe alike.
- In the final, they will play against their old foes, Italy.
- She had fought many battles, vanquished many foes.
- to join forces against a common foe
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- bitter
- dangerous
- deadly
- …
- defeat
- vanquish
- fight
- …
- against a foe
- friend and foe
- friend or foe
Word OriginOld English fāh ‘hostile’ and gefā ‘enemy’, of West Germanic origin; related to feud.