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foe

  [foh]
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–noun
1. a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another; enemy: a bitter foe.
2. a military enemy; hostile army.
3. a person belonging to a hostile army or nation.
4. an opponent in a game or contest; adversary: a political foe.
5. a person who is opposed in feeling, principle, etc., to something: a foe to progress in civil rights.
6. a thing that is harmful to or destructive of something: Sloth is the foe of health.
Origin:
bef. 900; ME foo, OE fāh hostile, gefāh enemy; c. OHG gifēh at war. See feud 1

Synonyms:
1. See enemy. 1, 3–5. opponent, antagonist.

Antonyms:
1–3. friend.
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F.O.E.

 
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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foe   (fō)   
n.  

  1. A personal enemy.

  2. An enemy in war.

  3. An adversary; an opponent: a foe of tax reform. See Synonyms at enemy.

  4. Something that opposes, injures, or impedes: taxes that were the foe of economic development.


[Middle English fo, from Old English gefā, from fāh, hostile.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

foe 
O.E. gefa "adversary in deadly feud," from fah "at feud, hostile," from P.Gmc. *fakhaz (cf. O.H.G. fehan "to hate," Goth. faih "deception"), probably from PIE base *peik- "evil-minded, treacherous, hostile" (cf. Skt. pisunah "malicious," picacah "demon;" Gk. pikros "bitter;" Lith. piktas "wicked, angry," pekti "to blame"). Weaker sense of "adversary" is first recorded 1607.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
FOE

  1. Fraternal Order of Eagles

  2. Friends of the Earth

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