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Definition of Contimporary

Con*tem"po*ra*ry (?), a. [Pref. con- + L. temporarius of belonging to time, tempus time. See Temporal, and cf. Contemporaneous.] 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.

Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl. Contemporaries (&?;). One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

  • From the same time period
  • modern
  • Someone living at the same time.
  • Anachronistic, archaic: in the wrong time period
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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