Entry Word: fiend

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 a mean, evil, or unprincipled person <even the utter horror of the terrorist attack did not deter some fiends from going on a looting spree> — see villain
2 a person who regularly uses drugs especially illegally <the miserable, wasted lives of narcotic fiends> — see doper
3 a person with a strong and habitual liking for something <comic-book fiends seem to have their own little world> — see fan
4 an evil spirit <the legend that a fiend continues to haunt what was once the castleʼs torture chamber> — see demon