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contemporary (adjective, noun) –
adjective –
1a : marked by characteristics of the present period
b : simultaneous
2 : happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time
noun –
1 : one that is contemporary with another
2 : one of the same or nearly the same age as another
Source : Merriam -Webster
Etymology : Contemporary can be confusing because of its slightly different meanings. In everyday use, it generally means simply “modern” or “new”. But before the 20th century it instead referred only to things from the same era as certain other things; so, for instance, Jesus was contemporary with the Roman emperors Augustus and Tiberius, and Muhammad was contemporary with Pope Gregory the Great. And contemporary is also a noun: thus, Jane Austen’s contemporaries included Coleridge and Wordsworth, and your own contemporaries were born around the same year that you were.
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