Foeman

Quick meaning: Foeman is a noun meaning (archaic) An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.

Meaning

(archaic) An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.

Example Sentences

King Hygelac of the Geats had been struck down by one might swipe of the foemen, the Frisians.

a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde.

Who were these foemen, who had taken with them to the house of the dead ten, or as some reports said, as many as twenty for every one of their own fallen?

I count no day as lived unless I have loved a woman, slain a foeman, and eaten a fine meal . . . and the days that I have lived are as numberless as the stars in the sky.

Word Forms

• foemen

Synonyms for foeman

Depending on context, synonyms include opposition, enemy, opponent.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include enemy, opponent, opposition, fremd, foeship, emmet.

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