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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:

Nouns denoting people

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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