archfiend

[ ahrch-feend ]

noun

1. a chief fiend.
2. Satan.

archfiend

/ ˌɑːtʃˈfiːnd /

noun

1. the archfiend
   often capital the chief of fiends or devils; Satan

Word History and Origins

Origin of archfiend¹

First recorded in 1660–70; arch- ¹ + fiend

Example Sentences

And there came news that the king was in some gambling house with a troupe of that archfiend's spies.

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Even among the men of the logs, who are bad, one man stands alone as the archfiend of them all.

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The archfiend promises pleasures without stint, and power without limitation.

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I warrant you, if you had till the Day of Judgment, you could not guess what this archfiend is thinking.

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It was believed he had by inspiration secured an exact portrait of the archfiend.

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