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.
Con*tem"po*ra*ry, n.; pl.
Contemporaries (?). One who lives at the
same time with another; as, Petrarch and Chaucer were
contemporaries.