compeer

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English comper, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle French comper, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin compar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

Noun

compeer (plural compeers)

1. (obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
   • Milton

     And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer.

Verb

compeer (third-person singular simple present compeers, present participle compeering, simple past and past participle compeered)

1. To be equal with; to match.
   • Shakespeare

     In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.

Anagrams

• Compere, compere, compère, precome