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coetanean

coetanean noun: someone who lives or lived at the same era as another.

Noun

coetanean (plural coetaneans)

  1. Someone who lives or lived at the same era as another.
    • late 17th century, John Aubrey, "Sir Walter Raleigh", in Brief Lives
      a […] coetanean of the late Earle of Southampton

Forms of coetanean

pluralcoetaneans

Questions about coetanean

What does coetanean mean?
Coetanean means someone who lives or lived at the same era as another.
What part of speech is coetanean?
Coetanean is a noun.
What is the plural of coetanean?
The plural of coetanean is coetaneans.

Words near coetanean in the dictionary

  1. coesterase
  2. coesterases
  3. coestimated
  4. coestimation
  5. coestimations
  6. coetanean
  7. coetaneans
  8. coetaneity
  9. coetaneous
  10. coetaneously
  11. coetaneousness

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