foeman

1. (archaic) An enemy; a foe in battle; an armed or unarmed adversary; a demon.Examples: "a snaggy Oke, which he had torne / Out of his mothers bowelles, and it made / His mortall mace, wherewith his foemen he dismayde."; "With a vicious lunge the elephant swerved to the right to dispose of this temerarious foeman who dared intervene between himself and his intended victim; but he had not reckoned on the lightning quickness that could galvanize those steel muscles into action so marvelously swift as to baffle even a keener eyesight than Tantor’s."; "King Hygelac of the Geats had been struck down by one might swipe of the foemen, the Frisians."archaic