The Collaborative International Dictionary
Doucepere
Doucepere \Douce"pere`\, n. [F. les douze pairs the twelve peers of France, renowned in romantic fiction.] One of the twelve peers of France, companions of Charlemagne in war. [Written also douzepere.] [Obs.]
Big-looking like a doughty doucepere.
--Spenser.
Wiktionary
doucepere
n. (alternative form of douzepere English)