"ancient" as noun
1 - A person who is very old.
2 - A person who lived in ancient times.
3 - One of the senior members of the Inns of Court or of Chancery.
"ancient" as adjective
1 - Having lasted from a remote period; having been of long duration; of great age, very old.
2 - Existent or occurring in time long past, usually in remote ages; belonging to or associated with antiquity; old, as opposed to modern.
3 - (history) Relating to antiquity as a primarily European historical period; the time before the Middle Ages.
