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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 fiend /ˈfind/
 魔鬼,邪神,能手,成癖者

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 fiend n.  An implacable or malicious foe; one who is diabolically wicked or cruel; an infernal being; -- applied specifically to the devil or a demon.
 Into this wild abyss the wary fiend
 Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while.   --Milton.
 O woman! woman! when to ill thy mind
 Is bent, all hell contains no fouler fiend.   --Pope.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 fiend
      n 1: a cruel wicked and inhuman person [syn: monster, devil,
           demon, ogre]
      2: one of the evil spirits of traditional Jewish and Christian
         belief [syn: devil, demon, daemon, daimon]
      3: a person motivated by irrational enthusiasm (as for a
         cause); "A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and
         won't change the subject"--Winston Churchill [syn: fanatic]