The common herd of the village fell back with respect; the boys were driven back by Christy and his compeers; while Ready-Money Jack maintained his ground and his hold of the prisoner, and was surrounded by the tailor, the schoolmaster, and several other dignitaries of the village, and by the clamorous brood of gipsies, who were neither to be silenced nor intimidated.
"Bracebridge Hall, or The Humorists"
Washington Irving
While it was acknowledged that the need was greater in the mother country than here, many of the repetitions and superfluities of the English Church service having been set aside by Bishop White and his compeers in the American Revision of 1789, it was felt that further improvements were still possible, and that the time had fully come for making them.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
This is all that even Shakespeare can do, if he and thou be now compeers.
"A Key to Lord Tennyson's 'In Memoriam'"
Alfred Gatty