noun
foeman
Foeman (noun) means an enemy or opponent in battle, whether armed or not, or a demon.
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An enemy or opponent in battle, whether armed or not, or a demon.
"Exhaustively knowledgeable about the science of cognition, and a foeman who gives as good as he gets (if not better) in the nature-versus-nurture culture wars, Pinker seemed the perfect foil for some of my ideas about the IQ test."
— Mark Dery, Smart Bombs: Mark Dery, Steven Pinker on the Nature-Nurture Wars and the Politics of IQ (2009)
"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."
— George Raymond Richard Martin, Daenerys [Targaryen] (2000)
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Etymology
Came into English through Middle English foman (“an enemy, devil, demon”), from Old English fāhman (“enemy”); equivalent to foe plus man.
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What is the meaning of foeman?
"foeman" (noun) means an enemy or opponent in battle, whether armed or not, or a demon.
