Antichrist

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Antichrist \An"ti*christ\, n. [L. Antichristus, Gr. ?; 'anti`
     against + ?.]
     A denier or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great antagonist,
     person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Antichrist
       n : (Christianity) the adversary of Christ (or Christianity)
           mentioned in the New Testament; the Antichrist will rule
           the world until overthrown by the Second Coming of Christ

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Antichrist
     against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The
     word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false
     teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), "Even now
     are there many antichrists."
     
       (1.) This name has been applied to the "little horn" of the
     "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 7:24, 25; 8:23-25).
     
       (2.) It has been applied also to the "false Christs" spoken of
     by our Lord (Matt. 24:5, 23, 24).
     
       (3.) To the "man of sin" described by Paul (2 Thess. 2:3, 4,
     8-10).
     
       (4.) And to the "beast from the sea" (Rev. 13:1; 17:1-18).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Antichrist, an adversary to Christ