Bible Dictionaries
Hostile

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(a.) Belonging or appropriate to an enemy; showing the disposition of an enemy; showing ill will and malevolence, or a desire to thwart and injure; occupied by an enemy or enemies; inimical; unfriendly; as, a hostile force; hostile intentions; a hostile country; hostile to a sudden change.

(2):

(n.) An enemy; esp., an American Indian in arms against the whites; - commonly in the plural.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Hostile'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​h/hostile.html. 1828.