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foemen

foemen is the plural of foeman.

Meaning of foeman

Noun

foeman (plural foemen)

  1. (archaic) 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

Questions about foemen

What is foemen the plural of?
Foemen is the plural of foeman.

Words near foemen in the dictionary

  1. foelike
  2. Foell
  3. Foells
  4. foeman
  5. foemanship
  6. foemen
  7. foen
  8. foenem
  9. foeniculin
  10. foenngreek
  11. foens

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