Hypertext Webster Gateway: "contemporary"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contemporary \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Contemporary \Con*tem"po*ra*ry\, n.; pl. {Contemporaries}.
One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and
Chaucer were contemporaries.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
contemporary
adj 1: characteristic of the present; "contemporary trends in
design"; "the role of computers in modern-day
medicine" [syn: {modern-day}]
2: belonging to the present time; "contemporary leaders" [syn:
{present-day(a)}]
3: occurring in the same period of time; "a rise in interest
rates is often contemporaneous with an increase in
inflation"; "the composer Salieri was contemporary with
Mozart" [syn: {contemporaneous}]
n : a person of nearly the same age as another [syn: {coeval}]
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