playfeer

English

Alternative forms
  • playpheer, playphere

Etymology

From Middle English playfere, equivalent to play +‎ feer.

Noun

playfeer (plural playfeers)

  1. (obsolete) A playfellow; a playmate.
    • 1627, Michaell Drayton [i.e., Michael Drayton], “The Moone-calfe”, in The Battaile of Agincourt. […], London: […] A[ugustine] M[atthews] for VVilliam Lee, […], published 1631, →OCLC, page 250:
      [S]he was wont to call him her deare ſonne,
      Her little play-feere, and her pretty Bun: […]
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