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English

Etymology
Old English gefera|ġefēra.

Pronunciation
IPA|/fɪə/

Noun
en-noun

1. archaic A companion, comrade or friend.

#:*1830: The lamb rejoiceth in the year, / And raceth freely with his fere, / And answers to his mother’s calls / From the flower’d furrow. — w:Alfred_Tennyson%2C_1st_Baron_Tennyson|Alfred, Lord Tennyson, ‘Supposed Confessions of a Second-Rate Sensitive Mind’

1. archaic A spouse; an animal's mate.

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