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moderns

moderns is the plural of modern.

Meaning of modern

Noun

modern (plural moderns)

  1. Someone who lives in modern times.
    • The only supernatural agents which can in any manner be allowed to us moderns, are ghosts; but of these I would advise an author to be extremely sparing.1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC

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Phrases with moderns

Questions about moderns

What is moderns the plural of?
Moderns is the plural of modern.

Words near moderns in the dictionary

  1. modernizing
  2. modernly
  3. modernmost
  4. modernness
  5. modernnesses
  6. moderns
  7. moderns up
  8. moders
  9. modes
  10. modes of discourse
  11. modes of production

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Adapted from Wiktionary: moderns (page history and authors); modern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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