Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Modern \Mod"ern\, n.
   A person of modern times; -- opposed to {ancient}. --Pope.

Modern \Mod"ern\, a. [F. moderne, L. modernus; akin to modo just
   now, orig. abl. of modus measure; hence, by measure, just
   now. See {Mode}.]
   1. 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.

   2. 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}.

Source : WordNet®

modern
     adj 1: belonging to the modern era; since the Middle Ages; "modern
            art"; "modern furniture"; "modern history"; "totem
            poles are modern rather than prehistoric" [ant: {nonmodern}]
     2: relating to a recently developed fashion or style; "their
        offices are in a modern skyscraper"; "tables in
        modernistic designs"; [syn: {mod}, {modernistic}]
     3: characteristic of present-day art and music and literature
        and architecture
     4: ahead of the times; "the advanced teaching methods"; "had
        advanced views on the subject"; "a forward-looking
        corporation"; "is British industry innovative enough?"
        [syn: {advanced}, {forward-looking}, {innovative}]
     5: used of a living language; being the current stage in its
        development; "Modern English"; "New Hebrew is Israeli
        Hebrew" [syn: {New}]

modern
     n 1: a contemporary person
     2: a typeface (based on an 18th century design by Gianbattista
        Bodoni) distinguished by regular shape and hairline serifs
        and heavy downstrokes [syn: {modern font}, {Bodoni}, {Bodoni
        font}] [ant: {old style}]