compeer
noun
No English definition recorded for this entry.
L318403 on Wikidata ↗Wiktionary
Pronunciation: /kəmˈpɪə(ɹ)/ / /kɒmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
noun
Etymology: 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.
- The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
“And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer.”
“She had fallen into the common error of supposing that the author must personify his works, and that his conversation must be copy and compeer of his writings.”
verb
Etymology: 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.
- To be equal with; to match.
“In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.”