compeers

Example Sentences

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These are easy qualities to underestimate, but, as Robert Christgau wrote in 2005, “Anybody who thinks that Fountains of Wayne are just another slick pop band better tell us who their compeers are.”

From Slate • Apr. 2, 2020

It is precisely his status as a billionaire outlier, a “bad boy” gone over to the dark side in the eyes of his compeers, a fearless irreverent, that appeals to his legions.

From Salon • May 21, 2016

No, neither he, nor his compeers by night / Giving him aid, my verse astonished.

From The Guardian • Oct. 15, 2010

Beyond that, while Ulstermen may not ordinarily feel friendly toward the Irish Republic, apparently Northern Ireland's bank clerks are sympathetic to their compeers there.

From Time Magazine Archive

It is of little use that any one thinks who cannot verify his ideas by comparison with those of his compeers.

From English Secularism A Confession Of Belief by Holyoake, George Jacob