Meaning & use
fere
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A companion, comrade, or spouse (archaic and literary).
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In the old ballad, the knight rides out with his fere at his side.
"My true fere," the poem begins, addressing a beloved companion.
A note on using this word
A Middle English word once common in poetry (used by Chaucer and Spenser), now surviving only in archaic or deliberately old-fashioned literary writing.
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companionmate
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