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  1. 1. a. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Of the same age; coeval. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. characteristic of the present Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. belonging to the present time Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. occurring in the same period of time Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. a person of nearly the same age as another Source: wordnet
  8. 8. 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. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries. Source: webster
  9. 9. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch andChaucer were contemporaries. Source: adambom
  10. 10. j:91/n:9 n. a person of nearly the same age as another s. characteristic of the present s. belonging to the present time Source: ecdict

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