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Meanings of foeman in English

Portuguese
inimigo

An armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)

        inimigo
        Usage of foeman in English
        1
        Again the dragon came forth; again it enveloped its foeman in flames.
        National Epics
        2
        But in De Gayangos he found a foeman worthy of his steel.
        The Green Mummy
        3
        Frank MacGowan was Langdon's foeman in the struggle for the district attorneyship.
        Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
        4
        Now Chester found himself engaged with a foeman worthy of his steel.
        The Boy Allies on the Firing Line; Or, Twelve Days Battle Along ...
        5
        But faced his man, and battered him, or took his foeman's battering.
        Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, June 13, 1891
        6
        Again and again he buried his teeth in the flesh of a foeman.
        The Son of Tarzan
        7
        The inscrutable Provincial had met a foeman worthy of his steel at last.
        The Slave of the Lamp
        8
        Ere the step of a foeman draws near to thy bed.
        Childhood's Favorites and Fairy Stories / The Young Folks Treasu...
        9
        After a while the foeman would have clinched, but Blue Jeans prevented that.
        Winner Take All
        10
        By my troth, I deemed thou hadst withstood a foeman better.
        The Fall of the Nibelungs
        11
        Decidedly here was a foeman worthy of his steel, thought Alcatraz.
        Alcatraz
        12
        And then, quite suddenly, there seemed to be no foeman to swing at.
        ...After a Few Words...
        13
        Deesha was not the only woman who seemed to bear a foeman's soul.
        The Hour and the Man, An Historical Romance
        14
        Curiously different was the record of Broderick's old foeman, William Gwin.
        Port O' Gold / A History-Romance of the San Francisco Argonauts
        15
        The overweening knight made a grim end of his foeman.
        The Fall of the Nibelungs
        16
        The Ministers would make no terms with their ruined foeman.
        A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III
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        Portuguese
        inimigo
        Foeman through the time
        Foeman across language varieties
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