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feere

feere is the obsolete form of fere.

Meaning of fere

Noun

fere (plural feres)

  1. (dialectal, obsolete) A companion, comrade or friend.
    • they swange oute their swerdis and slowe of noble men of armys mo than an hondred – and than they rode ayen to theire ferys.1485, Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book V
  2. (archaic) A person's spouse, or an animal's mate.
    • And Cambel tooke Cambrina to his fere.1596, Edmund Spenser, “Book IV, Canto III”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 52

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Forms of feere

pluralfeeres

Questions about feere

What is feere the obsolete form of?
Feere is the obsolete form of fere.

Words near feere in the dictionary

  1. Feenys
  2. feepayer
  3. feepayers
  4. feepaying
  5. feer
  6. feere
  7. feered
  8. feeres
  9. feerie
  10. feeries
  11. feering

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