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First published 1937 (DOST Vol. I).
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Compere, -peir, n. [ME. comper(e, -peer, cumper (c 1275), OF. comper.] An equal or peer; a colleague or rival. Cf. Compare n.¹ a1400 Leg. S. i. 732.
His comper Apuleus Tuk done his cors Ib. xxxii. 205.
I kene hale thé wil The vnmycht of my compere ?1438 Alex. ii. 75.
To him I mak na man compair [: empereir] a1500 Henr. Fab. 1469 (B).
The honor trivmphall Off all wictor vpone the strenth dependis Of his compeir 1490 Irland Mir. fol. 332.
It is nocht conuenient that in a realme be a perygall or compeir to a king