Both Uses of
contemporary
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- He was much older than the parents of our school contemporaries, and there was nothing Jem or I could say about him when our classmates said, "My father-"
p. 118..2 *contemporaries = people of about the same age
- Son, I have no doubt that you've been annoyed by your contemporaries about me lawing for niggers, as you say, but to do something like this to a sick old lady is inexcusable.
p. 138..5
Definition:
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(contemporary as in: they are contemporaries) living at the same time
or:
something occurring in the same period of time as something else