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foeman

[ foh-muhn ]

noun

Literary.
plural foemen.
  1. an enemy in war.


foeman

/ ˈəʊə /

noun

  1. archaic.
    an enemy in war; foe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of foeman1

before 1000; Middle English foman, Old English 󳾲. See foe, man
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"That is not the Old Way. Have you forgotten? Ironmen fight with swords and axes, not by flinging rocks. There is no glory in starving out a foeman."

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At that moment, a foeman's dart, that he dashed aside, mutilated his hand.

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No; Reason, as party-strife goes, As food is attractive to no men: And Logic's a nauseous dose, To be given—as physic—to foemen!

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I directed the gunner to aim at the foeman's spars, endeavouring to cripple her aloft.

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The ardor of the combat is bracing; and fate is a foeman worthy of every man’s steel.

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