compeer

American  

[kuhm-peer, kom-peer] / kəmˈpɪər, ˈkɒm pɪər /

noun

1. an equal in rank, ability, accomplishment, etc.; peer; colleague.

2. close friend; comrade.

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verb (used with object)

1. Archaic. to be the equal of; match.

compeer British  

/ ˈkɒmpɪə /

noun

1. a person of equal rank, status, or ability; peer

2. a companion or comrade

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Etymology

Origin of compeer

1325–75; Middle English comper < Middle French. See com-, peer ²

Example Sentences

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

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

"Easy, easy, friend," quoth Diogenes with a pleasant laugh, "my nose was itching and my compeer held on to my arm while he tried to reach my nose in order to scratch it."

From The Laughing Cavalier The Story of the Ancestor of the Scarlet Pimpernel by Orczy, Emmuska Orczy, Baroness