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copesmate

copesmate noun: an associate or companion; a friend; a partner.

Noun

copesmate (plural copesmates)

  1. (obsolete) An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.
    • 'Mis-shapen Time, copesmate of ugly Night.1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: […] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC
    • Tie thy selfe unto that, whereto thou are subject, but tie not him; he is neither thy companion, nor thy brother, nor thy fellow Citizen, nor thy copesmate.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Forms of copesmate

pluralcopesmates

Origin of copesmate

From cope + -s- + mate.

Questions about copesmate

What does copesmate mean?
Copesmate means an associate or companion; a friend; a partner.
What part of speech is copesmate?
Copesmate is a noun.
What is the plural of copesmate?
The plural of copesmate is copesmates.

Words near copesmate in the dictionary

  1. copers
  2. copes
  3. copes with
  4. copesetic
  5. copesettic
  6. copesmate
  7. copesmates
  8. copest
  9. Copestake
  10. Copestakes
  11. copestone

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