单词 | compeer |
释义 | compeern. 1. One of equal rank or standing; an equal, peer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > [noun] > one's social equal(s) fellowc1225 compeera1400 evenhead?a1400 checkmate?1504 comparec1540 mate1563 collateral1623 assessor1667 grade1827 Jones1879 peer1940 a1400–50 Alexander 3396 Þe kyng with-outen compere of kyngis all othire. 1590 R. Wilson Three Lords & Ladies Lond. i, in W. C. Hazlitt Dodsley's Sel. Coll. Old Eng. Plays (1874) VI. 467 Three cavalieros..Without compeers in compass of this world. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus iii. 1 The Clergy..will be iudged by none but their compeares. 1644 C. Jessop Angel Church of Ephesus 27 That..Timothy or Titus were meere Presbyters, and so compeeres or Equals to the Presbyters of Ephesus. 1886 Dict. National Biogr. VI. 309/1 Brian Boroimhe..has been often praised..as an enlightened patriot, a compeer of King Alfred and of Washington. 2. a. A companion, associate, comrade, fellow. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] yferec870 brothereOE ymonec950 headlingOE ferec975 fellowOE friendOE eveningOE evenlinglOE even-nexta1225 compeerc1275 monec1300 companiona1325 partnerc1330 peerc1330 neighbour?c1335 falec1380 matec1380 makec1385 companya1425 sociatec1430 marrow1440 partyc1443 customera1450 conferec1450 pareil?c1450 comparcionerc1475 resortc1475 socius1480 copartner?1504 billy?a1513 accomplice1550 panion1553 consorterc1556 compartner1564 co-mate1576 copemate1577 competitor1579 consociate1579 coach-companion1589 comrade1591 consort1592 callant1597 comrado1598 associate1601 coach-fellow1602 rival1604 social1604 concomitanta1639 concerner1639 consociator1646 compane1647 societary1652 bor1677 socius1678 interessora1687 companioness1691 rendezvouser1742 connection1780 frater1786 matey1794 pardner1795 left bower1829 running mate1867 stable companion1868 pard1872 buddy1895 maat1900 bro1922 stable-mate1941 bredda1969 Ndugu1973 c1275 Pains of Hell 64 in Old Eng. Misc. 212 Bynd..cursid leuers with here cumpers, And cast ham in þe fuyre. 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Judges xi. 38 Whanne she was goon with felawis and hir compeers [a1425 L.V. pleiferis]. c1405 (c1387–95) G. Chaucer Canterbury Tales Prol. (Hengwrt) (2003) l. 670 His freend and his comper. a1513 R. Fabyan New Cronycles Eng. & Fraunce (1516) I. lxxxiii. f. xxxii He axed lodgynge..For hym and his Comperys. ?1530 J. Rastell Pastyme of People sig. *Ciiiv This kynge..sent for Piers of Gaueston his olde compyre, and aduaunced hym to great honour. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. viii. vi. 284 They conversed together, as colleagues and compeeres [L. compares]. 1612 M. Drayton Poly-olbion xviii. 296 His marshall Compere..and braue Commilitant. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 317 The fierce Arab..with his Troop Of bold Compeers. 1862 M. Goodman Exper. Eng. Sister of Mercy 219 The recruit..is at once subjected to discipline by his compeers. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > the common people > low rank or condition > low or vulgar person > [noun] gadlinga1300 geggea1300 churlc1300 filec1300 jot1362 scoutc1380 beggara1400 carla1400 turnbroach14.. villainc1400 gnoffc1405 fellowc1425 cavelc1430 haskardc1487 hastardc1489 foumart1508 strummel?a1513 knapper1513 hogshead?1518 jockeya1529 dreng1535 sneakbill1546 Jack1548 rag1566 scald1575 huddle and twang1578 sneaksby1580 companion1581 lowling1581 besognier1584 patchcock1596 grill1597 sneaksbill1602 scum1607 turnspit1607 cocoloch1610 compeer1612 dust-worm1621 besonioa1625 world-worma1625 besognea1652 gippo1651 Jacky1653 mechanic1699 fustya1732 grub-worm1752 raff1778 person1782 rough scuff1816 spalpeen1817 bum1825 sculpin1834 soap-lock1840 tinka1843 'Arry1874 scruff1896 scruffo1959 1612 B. Jonson Alchemist iv. vi. sig. K3v Your sooty, smoaky-bearded Compeere . View more context for this quotation 1726 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey V. xx. 378 No more ye lewd Compeers, with lawless pow'r Invade my dome. 3. One associated with another in the view of the speaker or writer. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > other types of companion consenter1303 pew-fellow1533 bander1563 intercommoner1567 convenera1572 compeer1574 copemate1593 coherent1598 minion1598 barnacle1607 intercommuner1620 shade1667 dangler1728 rafiq1783 esquire1824 Sancho1870 tag-along1961 homeboy1965 bredda1969 arm piece1975 1574 A. Golding tr. A. Marlorat Catholike Expos. Reuelation 47 Delt out among the compeeres that stand for the election. 1633 Costlie Whore iii. sig. E3 Fellow compere, Supporter of the State, Let us imbrace in steele, our cause is good. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. vi. 195 Wealthier than his rich compeers. 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 320 The harangues of Pitt, Fox, and their elder compeers. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. 405 The spirit by which Dryden and several of his compeers were..animated against the Whigs. 4. transferred and figurative. ΚΠ 1619 M. Drayton Poems 414 The Hedge-Sparrow, and her Compeere the Wren. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 412. ¶5 The Nightingale [selects] her musical Compeer. 1869 J. F. W. Herschel Familiar Lect. Sci. Subj. 89 The sun..among these glorious compeers [stars]. 1884 Girl's Own Paper 200/3 As a useful garment the polonaise has no compeer. Derivatives comˈpeership n. position of a compeer. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > [noun] > equal, counterpart, or equivalent > person > position of compeership1652 1652 E. Peyton Divine Catastrophe Stuarts 15 Fit for any Compeership. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2021). † compeerv. Obsolete. rare. transitive. To equal, rival, be the compeer of. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > equality or equivalence > make equal [verb (transitive)] > equal, match, or rival matchc1400 to hold, rarely have, tack with (to)1412 equalize15.. mate1509 touch1530 to hold (a person, etc.) tack (to tack)1555 equal1590 egall1591 countermatch1600 to weigh with (also even with)1600 emulate1602 side1605 compeer1608 pair1619 mount1628 amate1642 to hold weight witha1643 to be (also prove oneself) a match for1712 peel1726 to hold the sticks toa1817 to bear or stand comparison with1845 see1861 tie1888 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xxiv. 68 In my right by me inuested he com-peers the best. View more context for this quotation 1615 G. Sandys Relation of Journey 129 Elean Ioue's proud Fane which heauen compeerd. 1845 P. J. Bailey Festus (ed. 2) 88 Sooner let the mountains bend..Than nations stoop their sky compeering heads. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.c1275v.1608 |
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