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adversary

noun
/ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/UK/ˈæd.vəɹˌsɛɹi/US

Etymology

From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (“turned toward”). By surface analysis, adverse + -ary.

  1. derived from adversārius
  2. derived from aversier
  3. derived from aversaire
  4. inherited from adversarie

Definitions

  1. An opponent or rival.

    • He prepared to fight his adversary.
    • In the political drama that Donald Trump has created in Washington, he could not have dreamed up a more formidable adversary than James Comey.

  2. The Devil

    The Devil; Satan.

    • Yahweh′s turning Gog around, putting hooks in his jaws, and bringing him out from the remotest parts of the north (Ezek. 38:4-6) is now interpreted as the release of the Adversary from prison.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA