Adversary: alternatives and connections

One who acts, or takes part in any affair; a doer.

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One who does; one performs or executes; one who is wont and ready to act; an actor; an agent.

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One who, or that which, works; a laborer; a performer; as, a worker in brass.

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One who engages in a duel.

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One who fights in single combat.

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One hostile to another; one who hates, and desires or attempts the injury of, another; a foe; an adversary; as, an enemy of or to a person; an enemy…

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One who entertains personal enmity, hatred, grudge, or malice, against another; an enemy.

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One of a number of riotous persons in England, who for six years (1811-17) tried to prevent the use of labor-saving machinery by breaking it, burning…

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The act of opposing; an attempt to check, restrain, or defeat; resistance.

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One who withstands, or opposes; an opponent; a resisting power.

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One who contends with another, especially in combat; an adversary; an opponent.

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Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

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One who opposes; an opponent; an antagonist; an adversary.

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One who resists.

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