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Definition of ancient

Overview of noun ancient

The noun ancient has 2 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)

1. ancient, antediluvian

(a very old person)

2. ancient

(a person who lived in ancient times)

Overview of adj ancient

The adj ancient has 2 senses? (first 2 from tagged texts)

1. (5) ancient

(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. (5) ancient

(very old; "an ancient mariner")