Noun (1)
like so many of his twentysomething compeers, he just had to get a tattoo Noun (2)
contends that no military commander of modern times ranks as the compeer of Alexander the Great
Word History
Etymology
Noun (1)
Middle English, from Anglo-French cumpere, literally, godfather, from Medieval Latin compater, from Latin com- + pater father — more at father
Noun (2)
Middle English comper, from Anglo-French, from Latin compar, from compar, adjective, like — more at compare
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