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ancient

4 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. ancient (noun)
  2. ancient (noun)
  3. purple of the ancients
  4. vair ancient (noun)

2ancient

noun

Definition of ANCIENT

1
: an aged living being <a penniless ancient>
2
: a person who lived in ancient times: a plural : the civilized people of antiquity; especially : those of the classical nations b : one of the classical authors <Plutarch and other ancients>
3
: an ancient coin

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