adversary
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views updated May 14 2018ad·ver·sar·y / ˈadvərˌserē/ •
n. (pl. -sar·ies) one's opponent in a contest, conflict, or dispute: Davis beat his old adversary in the quarterfinals. ∎ (the Adversary) the Devil.•
adj. another term for adversarial: the confrontations of adversary politics.
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