Dictionary.com
Thesaurus.com

fere

American  
[feer] / fɪər /

noun

Archaic.
  1. a companion; mate.


fere British  
/ fiːr, fɪə /

noun

  1. a companion

  2. Also: fier. a husband or wife

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of fere

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


Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

See Examples For:

What he was against, he insisted, was a "crash program" to build the bomb in a hurry, with very high priorities which he felt might inter fere with A-bomb production.

From Time Magazine Archive

They inter fere in the conduct of business and meddle in professional matters and still wonder why their hospitals do not function efficiently and why they have difficulty in securing the right type of personnel.

From Time Magazine Archive

They bente theyr bowes, and forth they went, Shotynge all in fere, Towarde the towne of Notyngham, Outlawes as they were.

From Ballads of Robin Hood and other Outlaws Popular Ballads of the Olden Times - Fourth Series by Frank Sidgwick

Her fere, so worthy might I be, Her fere, so noble, stout and free, For this one thing I would give three, Nor haggle aught.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 15 by Various

No wine in all the tyme of 21 sweatyng, excepte to suche whose sickenes require it for medicin, for fere of inflamynge & openynge, nor except ye halfe be wel soden water.

From The Sweating Sickness A boke or counseill against the disease commonly called the sweate or sweatyng sicknesse by John Caius

Random Word

Spin the wheel and learn a new word!

Get a word

Vocabulary.com logo
by dictionary.com

Just like flashcards, but way more fun

Don't take our word for it. Leave the boring studying behind and join VocabTrainer today. You'll learn even faster and never look back.

Take me to Vocabulary.com