definition of the word foe

Old English fāh, ġefā, from Proto-Germanic *faiho-. Cognates include Old High German fehan and Old Norse feikn.

• IPA: /fəʊ/,  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -əʊ
• Homophones: faux

foe (comparative more foe, superlative most foe)

1. (obsolete) Hostile.
   • 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, vol. 1 ch. 23:

     he, I say, could passe into Affrike onely with two simple ships or small barkes, to commit himselfe in a strange and foe countrie, to engage his person, under the power of a barbarous King [...]

foe (plural foes)

1. An enemy.

• (enemy): adversary, enemy, opponent

• (enemy): ally, friend

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