foe Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing military force)
    foeman; enemy; opposition.
    • a soldier must be prepared to kill his enemies
  2. noun a personal enemy
    enemy.
    • they had been political foes for years

WordNet

Foe noun
Etymology
OE. fo, fa, AS. f?h hostile; prob. akin to E. fiend.
Definitions
  1. See Fiend, and cf. Feud a quarrel.
  2. One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.
    A man's foes shall be they of his own household. Matt. x. 36
  3. An enemy in war; a hostile army.
  4. One who opposes on principle; an opponent; an adversary; an ill-wisher; as, a foe to religion.
    A foe to received doctrines. I. Watts
Foe transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To treat as an enemy. Obs. Spenser.

Webster 1913