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playfeer

playfeer noun: a playfellow; a playmate.

Noun

playfeer (plural playfeers)

  1. (obsolete) A playfellow; a playmate.
    • [S]he was wont to call him her deare ſonne,
      Her little play-feere, and her pretty Bun: […]1627, Michaell [i.e., Michael] Drayton, “[Elegies upon Sundry Occasions.]”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] [Augustine Matthews] for William Lee, […], →OCLC, page 250

Forms of playfeer

pluralplayfeers
alternative formplaypheer
alternative formplayphere

Origin of playfeer

From Middle English playfere, equivalent to play + feer.

Questions about playfeer

What does playfeer mean?
Playfeer means a playfellow; a playmate.
What part of speech is playfeer?
Playfeer is a noun.
What is the plural of playfeer?
The plural of playfeer is playfeers.

Words near playfeer in the dictionary

  1. Playfair cipher
  2. Playfair ciphers
  3. Playfair's axiom
  4. Playfair's axioms
  5. playfairite
  6. playfeer
  7. playfeers
  8. playfellow
  9. playfellows
  10. playfellowship
  11. playfield

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