Compeer
[kɒm'piә]
Definition
(-) An equal, as in rank, age, prowess, etc.; a companion; a comrade; a mate.
(v. t.) To be equal with; to match.
(v. i.) Alt. of Compeir
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Companion, mate, equal, peer, associate, fellow, comrade.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Equal, co-ordinate, peer, fellow, mate, compatriot, comrade
ANT:Inferior, superior, solitary
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Definition
n. one who is equal to another: a companion: an associate.—v.t. (Shak.) to equal.
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Examples
- The kitchen was full of all his compeers, who had hurried and crowded in, from the various cabins, to hear the termination of the day's exploits. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- Thousands of his compeers could talk much better than he, at any time. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Shall the daughter of the noble, though prodigal Zaimi, appear a beggar before her compeers or inferiors--superiors she had none. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Never did fall of any prime minister at court occasion wider surges of sensation than the report of Tom's fate among his compeers on the place. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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