opponent
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
opponent/əˈpəʊnənt/
▶noun a person who opposes someone or something.
– origin C16: from L. opponent-, opponere ‘set against’.
'opponent' also found in these Oxford entries:
ace
- adversary
- aikido
- anti
- Antichrist
- attrit
- battle
- beggar-my-neighbour
- bilk
- blank
- bluff
- Boston crab
- box
- break
- bye
- capitulate
- check
- chess
- concede
- counter-attack
- cover
- croquet
- cross-check
- deke
- democrat
- demurrer
- dilemma
- disarm
- discovered check
- disengage
- double-team
- draughts
- dummy
- endplay
- fall
- fight
- file
- foe
- giant-killer
- gift
- guard
- half
- halve
- hand
- high-stick
- hit
- hook
- huff
- humble
- ignoratio elenchi
