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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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
"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
A man "without a compeer . . . either in misery or in bliss."
From Time Magazine Archive
With his audience he was unquestionably popular; we hear of none of his plays having been condemned, though such mischances are recorded of his rivals, and, above all, of his great compeer Jonson.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
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