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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 en·e·my /ˈɛnəmi/
 敵人,仇敵,敵軍(a.)敵人的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 En·e·my n.; pl. Enemies   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 to truth, or to falsehood.
    To all good he enemy was still.   --Spenser.
    I say unto you, Love your enemies.   --Matt. v. 44.
 The enemy Mil., the hostile force. In this sense it is construed with the verb and pronoun either in the singular or the plural, but more commonly in the singular; as, we have met the enemy and he is ours or they are ours.
    It was difficult in such a country to track the enemy. It was impossible to drive him to bay.   --Macaulay.
 Syn: -- Foe; antagonist; opponent. See Adversary.

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 En·e·my, a. Hostile; inimical. [Obs.]
    They . . . every day grow more enemy to God.   --Jer. Taylor.
 

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 enemy
      n 1: an opposing military force; "the enemy attacked at dawn"
      2: an armed adversary (especially a member of an opposing
         military force); "a soldier must be prepared to kill his
         enemies" [syn: foe, foeman, opposition]
      3: any hostile group of people; "he viewed lawyers as the real
         enemy"
      4: a personal enemy; "they had been political foes for years"
         [syn: foe] [ant: ally]