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peregal

peregal adjective: fully equal.

Adjective

peregal (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Fully equal.
    • Whilom thou wast peregal to the best, And wont to make the jolly shepherds glad; With piping and dancing, did pass the rest.1579, Immeritô [pseudonym; Edmund Spenser], “August. Ægloga Octaua.”, in The Shepheardes Calender: […], London: […] Hugh Singleton, […], →OCLC

Noun

peregal

  1. An equal; one who is of equal standing.

Origin of peregal

From Middle English peregal, from Old French par egal (“in the same way”).

Questions about peregal

What does peregal mean?
Peregal means fully equal.
What part of speech is peregal?
Peregal can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near peregal in the dictionary

  1. Perechyn
  2. Pereda
  3. Peredas
  4. Peredo
  5. Peredos
  6. peregal
  7. Peregoy
  8. Peregoys
  9. peregrin
  10. peregrina
  11. Peregrinas

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