Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient. / (history) Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.

Someone who lives in modern times.

A clever saying, phrase or witticism; often, a witty riposte in dialogue.

Any of several species of large, extinct, flightless birds of the family Dinornithidae that were native to New Zealand; until its extinction, one species was the largest bird in the world.

(humorous) A brief interval of forgetfulness or inattention.

(astronomy, with definite article) The planet Venus as observed in the eastern sky around dawn. / (less commonly) The planet Mercury as observed in the eastern sky around dawn.

cell phone (US)/mobile phone, mobile (UK)

(idiomatic) The moment of a sudden unexpected discovery.

The right of a citizen to travel within a state, and to leave and return to that state.

(chiefly historical) A plain cap or headdress for women or girls, especially one tied under the chin by a very broad band.