fere

[ feer ]

/ fɪər /

noun Archaic.

a companion; mate.

Nearby words

ferdinand v, ferdinand vi, ferdinand vii, ferdus, ferdutzt, fere, feretory, fergana, fergus, fergus falls, ferguson

Origin of fere

before 1000; Middle English; Old English gefēra, derivative of fēran to go; akin to fare, feirie

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Examples from the Web for fere

Fere totus mundus exercet histrionem, says Phædrus; or as one might put it bluntly, 'All the world's a stage.'
On the Lightship|Herman Knickerbocker Viel
They came to the western edge of the forest of Fere, and into that magnificent wooded tract the Germans fled.
The Iron Division, National Guard of Pennsylvania, in the World War|H. G. Proctor
By thys ye may se well, it is foly for any man to fere a thyng to moche, tyll that he se some profe or cause.
Shakespeare Jest-Books;|Unknown
After that Rolland had wept ynough he had fere that some paynym myght fynd it after hys deth.
Historical Parallels, vol 2 of 3)|Arthur Thomas Malkin

Hail God and man together in fere.253 For thou hast made all thing of nought Albeit that thou liest poorly here.
Everyman and Other Old Religious Plays, with an Introduction|Anonymous

British Dictionary definitions for fere

fere

/ (fɪə, Scottish fiːr) /

noun Scot

a companion

Also: fier a husband or wife

Word Origin for fere

Old English gefēra, from fēran to travel; see fare

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