compeer

Example Sentences

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A man "without a compeer . . . either in misery or in bliss."

From Time Magazine Archive

"Ambassador Forbes is a worthy compeer of George Washington," declared Prince Tokugawa, President of the House of Peers.

From Time Magazine Archive

Up and down the line, company presidents were in agreement with their compeer of Nash Motors: "In the automobile industry we look for a big year."

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Charles B. Cochran, the British Ziegfeld, is quite as resourceful as his U. S. compeer.

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They had twice danced round the open space, and each time that Lady Ing� had approached him, she had sung in a louder tone:-- "Riber Ulf first dances here, A king is he without compeer."

From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin