adversary : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: adversary	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for adversary
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
adversary n someone who offers opposition [syn: adversary, antagonist, opponent, opposer, resister] Antonym(s): agonist
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adversary \Ad"versary\, a. 1. Opposed; opposite; adverse; antagonistic. [Archaic] --Bp. King. 2. (Law) Having an opposing party; not unopposed; as, an adversary suit.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Adversary \Ad`versary\, n.; pl. {Adversaries}. [OE. adversarie, direct fr. the Latin, and adversaire, fr. OF. adversier, aversier, fr. L. adversarius (a.) turned toward, (n.) an adversary. See {Adverse}.] One who is turned against another or others with a design to oppose
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Adversary (Heb. satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14, 23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matt. 5:25; Luke 12:58); an enemy (Luke 18:3), and specially the devil (1 Pet. 5:8).