copesmate

English

Etymology

cope +‎ -s- +‎ mate

Noun

copesmate (plural copesmates)

1. (obsolete) An associate or companion; a friend; a partner.
   • 1594, William Shakespeare, Lucrece (First Quarto), London: [...] Richard Field, for Iohn Harrison, […], →OCLC:

     'Mis-shapen Time, copesmate of ugly Night.

   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: [...] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:

     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