compeer

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compeer

  • /kəmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
  • /kɒmˈpɪə(ɹ)/

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From Middle English comper, from Middle French comper, from Latin compater, compatrem. Doublet of compere as well as compadre and goombah. Influenced by folk-etymological analysis as com- + peer.

noun compeers

  1. obsolete The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate. And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer.

verb compeers · compeering · compeered

  1. To be equal with; to match. In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.

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