ancient a standard-bearer, an ensign-bearer (now
called an ensign):
“Ancient Pistol,”
2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 65
, 105; HENRY V., ii. 1.
3, 26;
“good ancient,”
2 HENRY IV., ii. 4. 142
; OTHELLO, ii. 1. 96;
“his Moorship's ancient,”
OTHELLO, i. 1. 33
;
“Ancient, conduct them,”
OTHELLO, i. 3. 121
;
“to be saved before the ancient,”
OTHELLO, ii. 3. 102
;
“Othello's ancient,”
OTHELLO, v. 1. 51
;
“consists of ancients,”
1 HENRY IV., iv. 2. 23.
A General Glossary to Shakespeare's Works. Alexander Dyce. Boston. Dana Estes and Company. 1904.
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