D defs.my
Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Contemporary

/kən-tĕm'-pẽr-ĕrˌ-ē/ · Con·tem·po·ra·ry · IPA /kənˈtɛm.pəˌɹɛɹ.i/
01 a. Living, occuring, or existing, at the same time; done in, or belonging to, the same times; contemporaneous.
  1. 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. 2.
    Of the same age; coeval.
    “A grove born with himself he sees, And loves his old contemporary trees.” — Cowley.
02 n. One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
pl. Contemporaries
  1. 1.
    One who lives at the same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were contemporaries.
  2. 2.
    a person of nearly the same age as another.
Syn. coeval.