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cotemporary

British  
/ kəʊˈtɛmpərərɪ /

adjective

  1. a variant of contemporary

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Would Lorin Stein, the editor of the Paris Review, still have declared in the New York Times book review that it “solved a big problem of the cotemporary novel?”

From Slate • Jul. 7, 2014

He was, moreover, abundantly ugly, and past the meridian of life, as attested by all cotemporary writers of any authority.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

He died only a few months later than the Cardinal; and, about the same time, his cotemporary, Francis I., was succeeded on his throne by his son Henry II.

From Life of Mary Queen of Scots, Volume I (of 2) by Bell, Henry Glassford

The great rath of King Laoghaire, who was cotemporary with St Patrick, has almost entirely disappeared.

From Beauties and Antiquities of Ireland by Russell, T. O.

The following typos have been corrected: p. vi — "Hotel" twice amended to "Hôtel". p. viii — "cotemporary" amended to "contemporary". p.

From The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks by Walworth, Ellen H.

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