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compeer en · NOUN

Pronunciation

/kəmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
/kɒmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
(Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

(obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
- And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer. 1667, John Milton, “Book I”, in Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC:
- 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. 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 155–156:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Labels	Source
compeers	Number=Plur		lexicographic

compeer en · VERB

Pronunciation

/kəmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
/kɒmˈpɪə(ɹ)/
(Southern-England) audio

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.

Meanings

To be equal with; to match.
- In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii]:

Forms

Spelling	Features	Source
compeered	Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic
compeered	Tense=Past	lexicographic
compeers	Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres	lexicographic
compeering	Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part	lexicographic