NOUN | group | ancients | people who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe) |
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Sounds | ey'nchahnts; ey'nshahnts | |
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Rhymes | descendants ... rudiments: 4 rhymes with ahnts... |
Meaning | People who lived in times long past (especially during the historical period before the fall of the Roman Empire in western Europe). | |
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Region | Roman Empire | An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire |
Broader | people | (plural) any group of human beings (men or women or children) collectively |
Usage of | plural, plural form | The form of a word that is used to denote more than one |
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