compeer

Middle English comper, from Middle French comper, from Latin compar.

• Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)

compeer (plural compeers)

1. (obsolete) The equal or peer of someone else; a close companion or associate.
   • Milton

     And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer.

compeer (third-person singular simple present compeers, present participle compeering, simple past and past participle compeered)

1. To be equal with; to match.
   • Shakespeare

     In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.

• Compere, compere, compère, precome