a. and sb. Obs. [f. L. contemporāne-us contemporary (see below) + -AN.]
A. adj. = CONTEMPORANEOUS, CONTEMPORARY.
1560. Rolland, Crt. Venus, II. 754. Howbeit thay be contemporaneane.
1657. Fuller, Abel Rediv., Zuinglius, 86. Those who were his contemporanean School-fellowes.
B. sb. A contemporary.
1651. Fuller, Abel Rediv., Bucer, 159. The fame of Bucer and hard fortune of his painfull contemporaneans came into England.
