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