enemy

Meaning

Noun

1. Someone who is hostile to, feels hatred towards, opposes the interests of, or intends injury to someone else.
2. A hostile force or nation; a fighting member of such a force or nation.
3. Something harmful or threatening to another
4. Of, by, relating to, or belonging to an enemy.
5. A non-player character that tries to harm the player.

Verb

To make an enemy of.

Hyphenated as

en‧e‧my

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɛnəmi/

Etymology

From Middle English enemy, enemye, enmy, borrowed from Old French enemi, anemi (Modern French ennemi), from Latin inimīcus, from in- (“not”) + amīcus (“friend”). Displaced Middle English feend (“enemy”), from Old English fēond (“enemy”), which survived into Modern English as fiend, but with a different meaning.

Sentences

The Chiliarciai were deployed facing the enemy , with the cavalry on their wings .