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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024foe /foʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a person who feels hatred toward another;
enemy:a bitter foe. - a military enemy.
- an opponent in a game or contest.
- a person who is opposed to something:a foe to progress.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024foe (fō),USA pronunciation n. - a person who feels enmity, hatred, or malice toward another;
enemy:a bitter foe. - a military enemy;
hostile army. - a person belonging to a hostile army or nation.
- an opponent in a game or contest;
adversary:a political foe. - a person who is opposed in feeling, principle, etc., to something:a foe to progress in civil rights.
- a thing that is harmful to or destructive of something:Sloth is the foe of health.
- bef. 900; Middle English foo, Old English fāh hostile, gefāh enemy; cognate with Old High German gifēh at war. See feud1
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged See enemy. 1, 3–5. opponent, antagonist.
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged –3. friend.
F.O.E., - Fraternal Order of Eagles.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: foe /fəʊ/ n - formal or literary
another word for enemy
Etymology: Old English fāh hostile; related to Old High German fēhan to hate, Old Norse feikn dreadful; see feud1 Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: FoE, FOE abbreviation for - Friends of the Earth
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