ancient (n.)

  1. a very old person

    [ Syn: antediluvian ]

  2. a person who lived in ancient times

    ancient (adj.)

  1. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire; ancient history; ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians; ancient Greece'

  2. very old; an ancient mariner'

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