Meaning of witherwin | Babel Free

Definitions

An opponent; rival; adversary; enemy; (Christianity) the Adversary; the Devil.

archaic, dialectal, rare

Examples

“Jamie Radtke, the first to make⟳ opening statements, emerged from her podium immediately as an aggressor against George Allen–her intraparty arch-nemesis–repeating amidst his own⟳ supporters her oft-made attacks against Allen’s public record⟳. She was not as demure as she was in Roanoke; she seemed at the beginning rather like⟳ she felt more comfortable in the oceanic atmosphere harpooning her opponent. Indeed, at times, it seemed she was Ahab and the witherwin Allen was her Moby Dick; but while she sails her Pequod just as intently toward a singular goal, her alastor is much less clear and she bears no visible scars of a cetacean attacker.”

“"Why did they arrest Commander Hauk?” “I'm not at liberty to discuss⟳ that with witherwins.” “Witherwins?” “Non-Tavali.””

“Of the two, the hyrn is mostly likely to befuddle our widderwins since, as it turns out, winkel is also the German word for a corner which might be known by some.”

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