archenemy

[ ahrch-en-uh-mee ]
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noun,plural arch·en·e·mies.
  1. a chief enemy.

  2. Satan; the Devil.

Origin of archenemy

1
First recorded in 1540–50; arch-1 + enemy

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How to use archenemy in a sentence

  • The archenemy and his angels are thus left upon an earth devoid of human beings.

    Our Day | W. A. Spicer
  • He was not the archenemy of the movement (as some of the boys themselves thought): he simply had no use for it.

    Tom Slade | Percy K. Fitzhugh

British Dictionary definitions for archenemy

archenemy

/ (ˈɑːtʃˈɛnɪmɪ) /


nounplural -mies
  1. a chief enemy

  2. the archenemy (often capital) the devil

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