Merriam-Webster's Collegiate® Dictionary, 11th Edition
CONTEMPORARY
I. adjective
Etymology: com- + Latin tempor-, tempus
Date: 1631
happening, existing, living, or coming into being during the same period of time,
2. simultaneous , marked by characteristics of the present period ; modern , current , contemporarily adverb Synonyms: see: contemporary
II. noun (plural -raries)
Date: 1638
one that is contemporary with another, one of the same or nearly the same age as another