Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Pere \P[`e]re\ (p[^a]r), n. [F., fr. L. pater. See {Father}.]
   Father; -- often used after French proper names to
   distinguish a father from his son; as, Dumas p[`e]re.

Pere \Pere\, n.
   A peer. [Obs.] --Chaucer.