Meaning & use
coevals
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People or things belonging to the same age, era, or period of time as one another.
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The poet and his coevals gathered regularly to critique each other's work.
Fossils found in the same rock layer are considered coevals in geological terms.
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From Latin "co-" (together) and "aevum" (age), the same root that gives English "medieval" and "longevity."
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