noun
ancients
noun
1
The peoples of the distant past, especially the writers, thinkers, and civilizations of classical antiquity.
"Modern medicine owes a surprising debt to the ancients."
How to Use Ancients
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA collective term for the people — especially the philosophers and civilizations — of ancient Greece and Rome.
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