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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