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单词 compeer
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compeern.

/kəmˈpɪə/
Forms: Middle English cumper, Middle English comper, Middle English–1500s compyre, compire, Middle English–1600s compere, 1500s–1600s compeare, compier, compeere, Middle English–1600s compeer.
Etymology: Middle English comper , < Old French comper, < com- + per (peer ), since 16th cent. written pair < Latin par-em equal. See peer n. and adj., pair n.1 For the vowel compare clear = French clair.Perhaps in sense 2 identified with French compère, medieval Latin compater, fellow godfather, gossip, familiar.
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.
b. Used contemptuously. Obsolete.
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.

Etymology: < compeer n.
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).
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