Ancient

1. n. The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
2. a. Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; — opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.
3. a. Old; that has been of long duration; of long standing; of great age; as, an ancient forest; an ancient castle.
4. a. Known for a long time, or from early times; — opposed to recent or new; as, the ancient continent.
5. a. Dignified, like an aged man; magisterial; venerable.
6. a. Experienced; versed.
7. a. Former; sometime.
8. n. Those who lived in former ages, as opposed to the moderns.
9. n. An aged man; a patriarch. Hence: A governor; a ruler; a person of influence.
10. n. A senior; an elder; a predecessor.
11. 1n. 1 The bearer of a flag; an ensign.
12. 1a. 1 Old; that happened or existed in former times, usually at a great distance of time; belonging to times long past; specifically applied to the times before the fall of the Roman empire; — opposed to modern; as, ancient authors, literature, history; ancient days.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.