adversary

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ad·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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