coetanean

Coetanean

Co`e*ta"ne*an\, n. A person coetaneous with another; a contemporary. [R.]

A . . . coetanean of the late earl of Southampton. --Aubrey.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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