Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	captain_n	colonel_n	lieutenant_n	1,180	5	9.4650	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A63400	A true and impartial account of Their Majesties army in Ireland Discovering the designs of the late K. James, and the French army, since the embarking and landing of His Grace the Duke of Schonberg, to this present time; with the particulars of what happened lately at the siege of Carickfergus, Dundalk, Charlemont, and Cavan, and of several other passages since the army went into winter quarters. Licensed March 28. 1690. J. Fraser.		1690 (1690)	Wing T2494A; ESTC R220172	8,502	2

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