Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the same age with another.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who is the
contemporary of another.
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Examples
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There was at that time another butcher's son in this towne, that was held not at all inferior to him for a naturall witt, his acquaintance, and coetanean, but dyed young. '
A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles Sidney Lee 1892
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There was at that time another butcher's son in this towne, that was held not at all inferior to him for a naturall wit, his acquaintance, and coetanean, but dyed young. "
The Facts About Shakespeare William Allan Nielson
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