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.
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F.O.E.
Fraternal Order of Eagles.
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| —n | |
| formal, literary or another word for enemy | |
| [Old English fāh hostile; related to Old High German fēhan to hate, Old Norse feikn dreadful; see | |
| FoE or FOE | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Friends of the Earth | |
| FOE or FOE | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| FoE or FOE | |
| —abbreviation for | |
| Friends of the Earth | |
| FOE or FOE | |
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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 c.1600.
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Example sentences
He came not to humiliate the decisively defeated foe.
Pervasive, elusive and tough, cancer has proved to be a formidable foe against generations of bright and well-funded researchers.
The sequel pits players against a new, apparently insurmountable foe.
There are numerous studies on the overall lifetime cost of nuclear power from both friend and foe.
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