Literary notes about Compeer (AI summary)
In literature the term compeer is used to denote an equal, a companion, or a counterpart—often suggesting a relationship of mutual respect or comparable worth. Authors deploy it to highlight deep bonds between friends or allies, as when one character stands shoulder to shoulder with another in both loyalty and ability ([1], [2]); at times it underscores the remarkable parity of poetic or artistic faculty ([3], [4]), while in other contexts it marks a rivalry or a close equivalence between political figures or contrasting entities ([5], [6]). This versatile use contributes a refined nuance to character relationships, emphasizing not only companionship but also the esteemed quality of being an equal peer throughout various narrative styles ([7], [8]).
- he cries Loudly and clear; then calls Rollánd, his friend And compeer:—"Sire companion, stand by me!
— from La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier - Betty had been his compeer and his companion almost since her childhood, but his wife was the tenderest care of his days.
— from The Shuttle by Frances Hodgson Burnett - In this respect—as being, I mean, the compeer of the great poets of Greece—Shakespeare takes his peculiar place in English poetry.
— from Old Familiar Faces by Theodore Watts-Dunton - In this mild and philosophic pathos, Wordsworth appears to me without a compeer.
— from Biographia Literaria by Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Mr. Morley's pages give us the natural history of a political mind of unusual range and power which was without a compeer.
— from Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 1 (of 2) by George Jacob Holyoake - But Jock and his compeer were loth to come, and the lady's voice grew louder and more peremptory.
— from Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 2 by John Roby - Alfred R. Wallace , the compeer of Darwin.
— from Buchanan's Journal of Man, June 1887Volume 1, Number 5 - He was really without a compeer, a master artist.
— from The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
