Definition of Foeman

1. Noun. An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force). "A soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies"

Exact synonyms: Enemy, Foe, Opposition
Group relationships: Enemy
Category relationships: Armed Forces, Armed Services, Military, Military Machine, War Machine
Generic synonyms: Adversary, Antagonist, Opponent, Opposer, Resister
Specialized synonyms: Besieger

Definition of Foeman

1. n. An enemy in war.

Definition of Foeman

1. Noun. An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Foeman

1. an enemy in war [n FOEMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Foeman

fodgel
fodient
fodientia
fodients
fodies
fodrin
fody
foe
foedarie
foedaries
foederati
foederatus
foehn
foehns
foehood
foeman (current term)
foemen
foen
foes
foeship
foetal
foetal adrenal cortex
foetal age
foetal alcohol effects
foetal alcohol syndrome
foetal anoxia
foetal aspiration syndrome
foetal attitude
foetal blood
foetal bradycardia

Literary usage of Foeman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"Oft have I traced, within thy fort, Perchance he would not foeman's eye Scutcheons of honor or pretence, Quartered in old armorial sort, Of mouldering ..."

2. The Æneid of Virgil by Virgil (1910)
"... as sinking prone On his rent side he fell; above him rang His armor; and from lips with blood defiled He breathed his last upon his foeman's ground. ..."

3. British Poets of the Nineteenth Century: Poems by Wordsworth, Coleridge by Curtis Hidden Page (1910)
"I had been content to perish, falling OD Where the dying night-lamp flickers, and the shadows rue and fall. the foeman's ground, When the ranks are roll'd ..."

4. Church Melodies: A Collection of Psalms and Hymns, with Appropriate Music by Thomas Hastings (1859)
"HEIR of an immortal crown, Heed not every foeman's frown, Tread the powers of darkness down, Through Jehovah's might 1 Though they oft in wrath arise, ..."

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