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1. (noun) ancient, antediluvian
a very old person

2. (adj) ancient
a person who lived in ancient times

3. (adj) 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"

4. (adj) ancient
very old
"an ancient mariner"

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