ancient
- Adjective. Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age; very old.
- Adjective. Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
- Noun. A person who is very old or who lived in ancient times.
- Noun. (context, heraldry) A flag, banner, standard or ensign.
This is an unmodified, but possibly outdated, definition from Wiktionary and used here under the Creative Commons license. Wiktionary is a great resource. If you like it too, please donate to Wikimedia.
This entry was last updated on RefTopia from its source on 3/20/2012.