Compeer vs Partner - What's the difference?
compeer | partner | Related terms |
(obsolete) the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else
* Milton
To be equal with; to match.
* Shakespeare
Someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.
# A member of a business or law partnership
#* 1668 July 3, , “Thomas Rue contra'' Andrew Hou?toun” in ''The Deci?ions of the Lords of Council & Se??ion I (Edinburgh, 1683),
# A spouse or domestic partner
# Someone with whom one dances in a two-person dance.
#*
(nautical) One of the pieces of wood comprising the framework which strengthens the deck of a wooden ship around the holes through which the mast and other fittings pass.
(Jamaica) A group financial arrangement in which each member contributes a set amount of money over a set period.
As nouns the difference between compeer and partner
is that compeer is the equal or peer of someone else; someone who is a close companion or associate of someone else while partner is someone who is associated with another in a common activity or interest.As verbs the difference between compeer and partner
is that compeer is to be equal with; to match while partner is to make or be a partner.compeer
English
Noun
(en noun)- And him thus answer'd soon his bold compeer .
Verb
(en verb)- In my rights, / By me invested, he compeers the best.
Anagrams
*partner
English
Noun
(en noun)page 548:
- He Su?pends on the?e Rea?ons, that Thomas Rue'' had granted a general Di?charge to ''Adam Mu?het'', who was his Conjunct, and ''correus debendi'', after the alleadged Service, which Di?charged ''Mu?het'', and con?equently ''Houstoun his Partner .
- He tried to persuade Cicely to stay away from the ball-room for a fourth dance.But she said she must go back, and when they joined the crowd again her partner was haled off with a frightened look to the royal circle, […].