ancient in WordNet English dictionary

1. a person who lived in ancient times
   ancient 
   
2. a very old person
   ancient  antediluvian 
   

1. very old
   "an ancient mariner"
   ancient 
   
2. belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire
   "ancient history"; "ancient civilizations such as those of the Etruscans and Sumerians"; "ancient Greece"
   ancient