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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Lately Pat Crowe has been going straight, the foeman of crime and drink.
From Time Magazine Archive
"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
"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
Savours two he had, untasted by no men: Honey to his friends and gall to his foemen.
From A Literary History of the Arabs by Reynold Nicholson
Montcalm, calm mount, thou didst not faint nor fail At that fierce volley from thy foemen near, Nor at the charge's deafening prelude quail,— The Highland slogan and the Saxon cheer.
From Sonnets and Other Verse by W. M. MacKeracher
"They don't seem to have much of the stern joy that foemen feel," Morton commented.
From Vignettes of Manhattan; Outlines in Local Color by Brander Matthews
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