Plural of compeer; people who are equals or peers with each other.
From 'compeer' (from Old French 'comper', from Latin 'compar' meaning equal). The pluralization is straightforward, following standard English morphology.
In Shakespeare's time, calling someone your 'compeer' was a formal way of acknowledging they belonged to your social circle—it's a word that contains centuries of social hierarchy.
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