Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	colonel_n	foot_n	regiment_n	1,104	5	9.7797	5	false

Text snippets containing the quad

ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40552	A full and perfect relation of a great and signal victory gain'd by the English and Hollanders over the French translated out of Dutch.	Waldeck, Georg Friedrich, Graf von, 1620-1692.	1689 (1689)	Wing F2290; ESTC R225572	2,038	2

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