What does cotemporary mean?
Cotemporary means (now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary..
The delusion of the young woman herself, and the envy of the cotemporary belles, sometimes lasted till the removal of the corps to another station […].
'I have heard from some of his cotemporaries that he was generally seen lounging at the College gate, with a circle of young students round him, whom he was entertaining with wit, and keeping from their studies, if not spiriting them up to rebellion against the College discipline, which in his maturer years he so much extolled.'
Uneasy at your present Condition for Reasons which threaten your unhappy Posterity with still greater Uneasyness, you will perhaps wish it were in your Power to go back; and this Sentiment ought to be considered, as the Panegyrick of your first Parents, the Condemnation of your Cotemporaries, and a Source of Terror to all those, who may have the Misfortune of succeeding you.
Use cotemporary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Cotemporary means (now rare, nonstandard) Alternative form of contemporary..
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The delusion of the young woman herself, and the envy of the cotemporary belles, sometimes lasted till the removal of the corps to another station […].
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