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Archenemy

For other uses, see Archenemy (disambiguation).

Sherlock Holmes wrestling against his archenemy Professor Moriarty.

In literature, an archenemy (sometimes spelled as arch-enemy) or archnemesis is the main enemy of someone.[1][2][3] In fiction, it is a character who is the protagonist's, commonly a hero's, most prominent and most-known enemy.

  1. ^ "archenemy definition". Dictionary.com. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 7 September 2008.
  2. ^ "archenemy – Definition from the Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary". Merriam-Webster. Retrieved 26 June 2008.
  3. ^ Wicaksono, Rachel. "BBC World Service | Learning English | Ask about English". BBC. Retrieved 26 June 2008.

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