Archenemy
a chief .
satan; the devil.
contemporary examples
he now reveals that rich kept israel alive through boycotts by supplying the country with oil, much of it from its archenemy iran.
marc rich spills his secrets allan dodds frank november 12, 2009
historical examples
but he was not prepared for the skilful trap which his archenemy was baiting for him, and into which he was to promptly fall.
the night riders ridgwell cullum
and our archenemy dangling by the foot in mid-air, completely at our mercy!
david and the phoenix edward ormondroyd
thus does that archenemy favour his friends for a time, and thus does he at last reward them.
the itinerary of archbishop baldwin through wales giraldus cambrensis
leithgow vouchsafed his archenemy no more than a look, but turned to the hawk.
the p-ssing of ku sui anthony gilmore
he was not the archenemy of the movement (as some of the boys themselves thought): he simply had no use for it.
tom slade percy k. fitzhugh
the archenemy and his angels are thus left upon an earth devoid of human beings.
our day w. a. spicer
noun (pl) -mies
a chief enemy
(often capital) the archenemy, the devil
n.
also arch-enemy, 1540s, from arch- + enemy.
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