coequal

• coæqual, coëqual (archaic, rare)
• co-equal

From Middle English coequalle, from Latin coaequālis; equivalent to co- +‎ equal.

• IPA^(key): /kəʊˈiːkwəl/

coequal

1. Equal to each other in size, rank or position.
   • c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:

     ſince they meaſure our deſerts so meane,
     That in conceit beare Empires on our ſpeares,
     Affecting thoughts coequall with the cloudes,
     They ſhalbe kept our forced followers,
     Til with their eies they view vs Emperours.

   • 2022 August 1, Peter Baker, quoting Antony Blinken, “U.S. Warns China Not to Turn Pelosi’s Expected Trip to Taiwan Into a ‘Crisis’”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Mr. Blinken stressed that point on Monday. “The speaker will make her own decisions about whether or not to visit Taiwan,” he said. “Congress is an independent, coequal branch of government. The decision is entirely the speaker’s.

coequal (plural coequals)

1. An equal person or thing.
   • 2009 May 31, Martin Kettle, “The humbug of war”, in The Guardian‎^[2], →ISSN:

     The British desire to see ourselves as co-equals with the Americans (forgetting not just the French but the Canadians, Australians, Indians, Dutch and other forces who took part in the invasion) persists in defiance of the realities of 1944.

   • 2017 April 12, Tim Dunlop, “Putting lipstick on the robot: why are corporate leaders happy about tech unemployment?”, in The Guardian‎^[3], →ISSN:

     If AI and robots really are going to augment human work rather than simply replace it, then it needs to be on terms that maximise human skills like empathy, creativity, playfulness and ethics, not just in the sense of leaving humans coequals with the technology or, worse still, its subordinates.

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “coequal”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.