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Meaning:

Adjective:

  • Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly

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Noun:

  • An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; -- commonly in the plural.

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