playfeer

noun

playfeer

noun

Etymology From Middle English playfere, equivalent to play + feer.

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:

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