HyperDic: ancients

English > 1 sense of the word ancients:
NOUNgroupancientspeople who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe)
ancients > pronunciation
Soundsey'nchahnts; ey'nshahnts
Rhymesdescendants ... rudiments: 4 rhymes with ahnts...
English > ancients: 1 sense > noun 1, group
MeaningPeople who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe).
RegionRoman EmpireAn empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire
Broaderpeople(plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively
Usage ofplural, plural formThe form of a word that is used to denote more than one

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