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METHUSELAH
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A man who is very old
Synonyms:
graybeard; greybeard; Methuselah; old man
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Methuselah" is a kind of...):
adult male; man (an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman))
golden ager; old person; oldster; senior citizen (an elderly person)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Methuselah"):
codger; old codger (used affectionately to refer to an eccentric but amusing old man)
antique; gaffer; old-timer; old geezer; oldtimer (an elderly man)
patriarch (a man who is older and higher in rank than yourself)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(Old Testament) a patriarch (grandfather of Noah) who is said to have lived 969 years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Instance hypernyms:
patriarch (any of the early biblical characters regarded as fathers of the human race)
Domain category:
Old Testament (the collection of books comprising the sacred scripture of the Hebrews and recording their history as the chosen people; the first half of the Christian Bible)
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