- foeman
- noun Date: before 12th century foe 2
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
foeman
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Foeman — Foe man (f[=o] man), n.; pl. {Foemen} ( men). [AS. f[=a]hman.] An enemy in war. [1913 Webster] And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel. Sir W. Scott [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
foeman — index foe Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
foeman — [fō′mən] n. pl. foemen [fō′mən] [ME foman < OE fahmann, lit., hostile person] Archaic an enemy in war; foe … English World dictionary
foeman — /foh meuhn/, n., pl. foemen. Literary. an enemy in war. [bef. 1000; ME foman, OE fahman. See FOE, MAN1] * * * … Universalium
foeman — noun /ˈfəʊmən/ An enemy. a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde … Wiktionary
foeman — sb. Wright’s L. P. p. 104 … Oldest English Words
foeman — n. enemy in war … English contemporary dictionary
foeman — n. (Poetical.) Enemy, foe … New dictionary of synonyms
foeman — foe·man … English syllables
foeman — foe•man [[t]ˈfoʊ mən[/t]] n. pl. men a foe in war • Etymology: bef. 1000 … From formal English to slang
