Dictionary entry

Contemporary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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 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.