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arch-enemy

arch-enemy is the alternative spelling of archenemy.

Meaning of archenemy

Noun

archenemy (plural archenemies)

  1. A principal enemy.
  2. A supreme and most powerful enemy.

See all 3 meanings of archenemy

Forms of arch-enemy

pluralarch-enemies

Questions about arch-enemy

What is arch-enemy the alternative spelling of?
Arch-enemy is the alternative spelling of archenemy.

Words near arch-enemy in the dictionary

  1. arch-commander
  2. arch-commanders
  3. arch-criminal
  4. arch-criminals
  5. arch-enemies
  6. arch-enemy
  7. arch-fiend
  8. arch-fiends
  9. arch-heresies
  10. arch-heresy
  11. arch-heretic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: arch-enemy (page history and authors); archenemy (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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