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Definition of Coevals
1. Noun. All the people living at the same time or of approximately the same age.
Generic synonyms: People
Specialized synonyms: Youth Culture, Peer Group
Derivative terms: Generational
Definition of Coevals
1. Noun. (plural of coeval) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Coevals
1. coeval [n] - See also: coeval
Lexicographical Neighbors of Coevals
Literary usage of Coevals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Boswell's Life of Johnson: Including Boswell's Journal of a Tour of the by James Boswell, George Birkbeck Norman Hill (1891)
"BOSWELL. 5 Sixty-nine. He was born in 1709. J See ante, i. 87, note 2. • ' O my
coevals! remnants of yourselves! Poor human ruins, tottering o'er the grave! ..."
2. A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen: And on the by William Spalding, John Hill Burton, Frederick James Furnivall (1876)
"... and to draw from them certain conclusions, which I cannot think altogether
valueless, as to some distinctions between him and his dramatic coevals, ..."
3. Summarized Proceedings ... and a Directory of Members (1858)
"... each member commences and continues rhythmically to put forth single progeny,
desiit- ing by sets of coevals by rhythm, or, corresponding to the first ..."
4. Lectures on the Philosophy of the Mind by Thomas Brown (1846)
"O, my coevals ! " says the author of the Night Thoughts, at a time when he was
himself advanced in age, O, my coevals ! remnants of yourselves, ..."
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