copesmate
English
Etymology
cope + -s- + mate
Noun
copesmate (plural copesmates)
- (obsolete) An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in The Essayes, […], book II, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
- 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.
Anagrams
- copemates