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.

 

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

 

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