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The correct answer is opponent.
  
Adversary
  
A. opponent 
B. messenger 
C. collaborator 
D. defector 
The correct answer is (A) Opponent; enemy; antagonist. One who attacks or opposes another. Also, an opponent in a contest.
 
Adversary comes from Middle English adversere, Old French aversier, Latin adversarius.
 
Examples of use:
 
- The tennis player on the other side of the net is, in my mind, my adversary.
 - Although adversaries in the past, France and Germany are now allies. 
  
  
   
 
 
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