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MODERNa.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
Of or pertaining to the present time, or time not long past; late; not ancient or remote in past time; of recent period; as, modern days, ages, or time; modern authors; modern fashions; modern taste; modern practice. Bacon. New and common; trite; commonplace. [Obs.] We have our philosophical persons, to make modern and familiar, things supernatural and causeless. Shak. Modern English. See the Note under English.
MODERNn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
A person of modern times; -- opposed to ancient. Pope.
modernnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Someone who lives in modern times.
modernadj
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. | Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

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