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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DOUCEPERE

Douce "pere `, n. Etym: [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction. ]

 

Defn: One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs. ] Big-looking like a doughty doucepere. Spenser.