archfiend
noun/ˈɑɹt͡ʃ.find/US
Etymology
Definitions
A chief fiend (devil, demon or monster).
- Of those [spirits] who rebelled some became devils, fiends or archfiends, according to the manifold proportions of their transgression.
- Seven chief demons, seven archfiends, aid Ahriman in his struggle against the forces of light.
Satan.
- So stretcht out huge in length the Arch-fiend lay Chain’d on the burning Lake,
- In disobedience to his God, Did man himself call down the rod? Or did th’ arch-fiend, from Heav’n that fell, Inspire the mischief to rebel?
A diabolically evil person.
- 1690, anonymous translator, The Royal Wanton (attributed to Gregorio Leti), London: F.B., Part 5, p. 48, […] her Arch-fiend and Devil of a Lord, had impudently sent the same Villain to abuse her once again.
- So this is a plot to shield this arch-fiend, and I have detected it. A word from me, and three heads besides his would roll from their shoulders!
- Possibly Beauty Smith, arch-fiend and tormentor, was capable of breaking White Fang’s spirit, but as yet there were not signs of his succeeding.
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