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English to English adjective
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Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; -- opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days. |  | source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire | | Example: ancient history
ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians
ancient Greece
source: wordnet30
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very old | | Example: an ancient mariner
source: wordnet30
noun
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a very old person | | source: wordnet30
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a person who lived in ancient times | | source: wordnet30
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Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns. | | source: webster1913
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An ensign or flag. | | source: webster1913
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