adversary









adversary


< /ˌæd vərˈsɛər i əl/.

  1. of or relating to an adversary.
  2. involving adversaries, as plaintiff and defendant in a legal proceeding: an adversary trial.

noun plural -saries

  1. a person or group that is hostile to someone; enemy
  2. an opposing contestant in a game or sport

adjective

  1. the US term for adversarial (def. 2)
n.

mid-14c., aduersere, from Anglo-French adverser (13c.), Old French adversaire “adversary, opponent, enemy,” or directly from Latin adversarius “opponent, adversary, rival,” noun use of adjective meaning “opposite, hostile, contrary,” literally “turned toward one,” from adversus “turned against” (see adverse). The Latin word is glossed in Old English by wiðerbroca.

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