compeer
Americannoun
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an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.
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close friend; comrade.
verb (used with object)
noun
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a person of equal rank, status, or ability; peer
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a companion or comrade
Etymology
Origin of compeer
1325–75; Middle English comper < Middle French. See com-, peer 2
Example Sentences
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A man "without a compeer . . . either in misery or in bliss."
From Time Magazine Archive
"Ambassador Forbes is a worthy compeer of George Washington," declared Prince Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Charles B. Cochran, the British Ziegfeld, is quite as resourceful as his U. S. compeer.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up and down the line, company presidents were in agreement with their compeer of Nash Motors: "In the automobile industry we look for a big year."
From Time Magazine Archive
All I can say of him is that he was the compatriot, the coadjutor and compeer of Sir William Wallace, and one of the noblest knights whose deeds are recorded on the page of history.
From The Clan Fraser in Canada Souvenir of the First Annual Gathering by Alexander Fraser
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