foeman
UK/ˈfəʊmən/
foeman noun: an enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.
Noun
foeman (plural foemen)
- An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.
- a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde.1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC
- With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a...1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 132
Forms of foeman
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Origin of foeman
From Middle English foman (“an enemy, devil, demon”), from Old English fāhman (“enemy”), equivalent to foe + man.
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Questions about foeman
- What does foeman mean?
- Foeman means an enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.
- What part of speech is foeman?
- Foeman is a noun.
- How do you pronounce foeman?
- Foeman is pronounced /ˈfəʊmən/ (UK).
- What is the plural of foeman?
- The plural of foeman is foemen.
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