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Contemporary
Open directlyWebster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 2
Part of speech: noun (n.)
One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 2
Part of speech: adjective (a.)
1. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. This king [Henry VIII.] was contemporary with the greatest monarchs of Europe. Strype.
2. Of the same age; coeval. A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees. Cowley.