See also: Adversary

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Etymology edit

From Middle English adversarie, from Anglo-Norman aversaire (in Wace's Life of Saint Margaret) and Old French aversier, aversaire (French adversaire), from Latin adversārius, from adversus (turned toward).

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæd.və.sɛɹi/, /ˈæd.və.s(ə)ɹi/, (dated) /ædˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/, /ədˈvɜː.sə.ɹi/[1]
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæd.vəɹ.sɛɹi/
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Noun edit

adversary (plural adversaries)

  1. An opponent or rival.
    He prepared to fight his adversary.

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  1. ^ “Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 13 March 2022, archived from the original on 2009-04-25