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noun troops belonging to the enemy's military forces
adjective characterized by enmity or ill will
adjective not belonging to your own country's forces or those of an ally
originBorrowed from Middle French hostile, from Latin hostīlis, from hostis (“enemy”). Displaced Old English fēondlīċ.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0