What is the meaning of ancient?

noun

  • A very old person.
  • A person who lived in ancient times.

adjective

  • Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire.
    • usage: "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
  • Very old.
    • usage: "an ancient mariner"
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