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coetaneans

coetaneans is the plural of coetanean.

Meaning of coetanean

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

Questions about coetaneans

What is coetaneans the plural of?
Coetaneans is the plural of coetanean.

Words near coetaneans in the dictionary

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

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