foeman
Americannoun
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foemen
plural
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of foeman
before 1000; Middle English foman, Old English fāhman. See foe, man
Example Sentences
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"I am a Douglas, a Douglas!" sputtered stout-hearted Douglo, and rose to vanquish his foeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
But to the newsmen and photographers scrambling to cover his world-girdling tour of the British Commonwealth, Prince Philip was a relentless foeman.
From Time Magazine Archive
Lately Pat Crowe has been going straight, the foeman of crime and drink.
From Time Magazine Archive
"His foeman will be stuffed with straw," Joff said as he rose.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
"I fear for the life of your foeman," she told Tommen sol-emnly.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Back at headquarters it was discovered that the oldster was none other than the great Senussi chieftain Omar el Muktar, bravest and most implacable of Italy's native foemen.
From Time Magazine Archive
A small victory, Catelyn thought when the fighting had ended and the surviving foemen had melted back into the night, yet a victory nonetheless.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Tho’ faded in splender, its grateness wos then, Knawn to its foemen as Red Lion’s den; ’Neath its armorial sheeld, an’ hoary oud wall, I now see Rebekka o’ Riddlesden Hall.
From Random Rhymes and Rambles by Wright, William Aldis
We're seeking out our foemen, and close are on their track.
From The Nibelungenlied Revised Edition by Unknown
No; Reason, as party-strife goes, As food is attractive to no men: And Logic's a nauseous dose, To be given—as physic—to foemen!
From Punch, or the London Charivari, December 2, 1893 by Various
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