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Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.
Alfred Marshall

Meaning of "olden" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF OLDEN

olden  [ˈəʊldən] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF OLDEN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Olden is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES OLDEN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Olden

Olden is a quasi-archaic English word meaning "old" or "ancient", as in "olden days". Olden may also refer to...

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH OLDEN


Basildon
ˈbæzɪldən
beholden
bɪˈhəʊldən
Bolden
ˈbəʊldən
Eldon
ˈɛldən
embolden
ɪmˈbəʊldən
gilden
ˈɡɪldən
golden
ˈɡəʊldən
gulden
ˈɡʊldən
gylden
ˈɡɪldən
holden
ˈhəʊldən
Maldon
ˈmɔːldən
milden
ˈmaɪldən
Selden
ˈsɛldən
soldan
ˈsəʊldən
Tilden
ˈtɪldən
unbeholden
ˌʌnbɪˈhəʊldən
unwithholden
ˌʌnwɪðˈhəʊldən
Weldon
ˈwɛldən
Wimbledon
ˈwɪmbəldən
withholden
wɪðˈhəʊldən

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE OLDEN

old-time
old-time dance
old-time dancing
old-timer
old-womanish
old-world
old-worldly
Oldcastle
olde
olde-worlde
Oldenbarneveldt
Oldenburg
older
oldfangled
Oldfield
Oldham
oldie
oldies
oldish
oldness

WORDS THAT END LIKE OLDEN

Baden
burden
den
Dresden
Eden
forbidden
garden
Gulf of Aden
hidden
iron maiden
laden
Leiden
madden
maiden
Nidwalden
Obwalden
sudden
Sweden
Unterwalden
wooden

Synonyms and antonyms of olden in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «olden» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF OLDEN

Find out the translation of olden to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of olden from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «olden» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

古时
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Olden
570 millions of speakers

English

olden
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पुराने
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أولدن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

старина
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

antigamente
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সেকেলে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

vieux
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Lama dahulu
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alten
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

昔の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

옛날
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lawas
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ngày xưa
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பழங்காலங்களில்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

जुन्या
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

eski
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

antico
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dawnych
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

старина
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

olden
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

παλιές
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

ou
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

olden
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

olden
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of olden

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «OLDEN»

The term «olden» is quite widely used and occupies the 41.592 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «OLDEN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about olden

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7 QUOTES WITH «OLDEN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word olden.
1
Leonard Bernstein
In the olden days, everybody sang. You were expected to sing as well as talk. It was a mark of the cultured man to sing.
2
Gustave Courbet
I am not one who was born in the custody of wisdom; I am one who is fond of olden times and intense in quest of the sacred knowing of the ancients.
3
Leo Durocher
In the olden days, the umpire didn't have to take any courses in mind reading. The pitcher told you he was going to throw at you.
4
Alfred Marshall
Slavery was regarded by Aristotle as an ordinance of nature, and so probably was it by the slaves themselves in olden time.
5
Cole Porter
In olden days a glimpse of stocking was looked on as something shocking but now, God knows, anything goes.
6
Geoffrey Rush
I wouldn't mind meeting some of the people I've attempted to portray from the olden, olden days. They probably would all have really terrible skin and horrible bad breath, and I'd have to give them an Altoid.
7
Ravi Shankar
In the olden days, I believe Mozart also improvised on piano, but somehow in the last 200 years, the whole training of Western classical music - they don't read between the lines, they just read the lines.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «OLDEN»

Discover the use of olden in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to olden and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Ohio County, Kentucky, in the Olden Days
Donaldson, in these two volumes reprinted as one by Clearfield Company, have abstracted Caswell County Will Books A through F, covering the years 1777 to 1814, and Will Books G through O, covering the period 1814 to 1843.
Harrison D. Taylor, 2009
2
Murder in Notting Hill
A search for the truth about a distant unsolved murder.
Mark Olden, 2011
3
Oni
He is a master assassin, combining a mercenary's deadly efficiency with a sadist's lust for blood.
Marc Olden, 1988
4
Recollections of Olden Times: Rowland Robinson of ...
Half of this book is made up of recollections of life in Narragansett in the 1700s. The second half is the genealogies. H9958HB - $25.50
Thomas Robinson Hazard, Willis P. Hazard, 1998
5
Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania in Olden Time
Some have taken it for granted that I must have a decided preference for every thing olden, as if age alone made things valuable; but they mistake my bias and feelings ; mine is a poetical attachment. I go into it as into the region of imagination.
Fanning Watson John Fanning Watson, John Watson, 2009
6
The Golden Olden Days
It is 1875, the last year the Sioux will spend as a free people.
Lura Spears Zerick, 2002
7
Rose Recipes from Olden Times
This book gives the original recipes for potpourris and pomanders, perfumes and sweet waters, and culinary recipes like conserves — both petals and hips — sauce eglantine, rossoly, rose jelly, rose hip marmalade, rose hip tarts, pickled ...
Eleanour Sinclair Rohde, 2013
8
The Olden Days Coat
Sal is unhappy about spending Christmas at her grandmother's home, until one day, while trying on an old coat she finds in storage, she is transported into the past and meets a girl named Sarah
Margaret Laurence, 1998
9
The memoirs of Sylvia Olden Lee, premier African-American ...
This is the only autobiography of America's first internationally renowned African-American classical vocal coach for concert, oratorio, and opera as well as a distinguished arranger and interpretive authority on Negro Spirituals.
Sylvia Olden Lee, Elizabeth Nash, 2001
10
Olden
Trapped. In a room that smells of death and sickness.
James Newman, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «OLDEN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term olden is used in the context of the following news items.
1
1 team waving white flag odd sight at Bay Bridge Series time
Giants fans, who used to be the ones who had it rough back in the olden days, have a beautiful ballpark, recent world championships and ... «San Francisco Chronicle, Jul 15»
2
Some evacuees go home as Lake Berryessa fire calms
DANA: THE OLDEN GRASS IS NO LONGER A NATURAL SEDIMENT. A THREAT ONCE RAIN MOVES IN. WE ARE ANTICIPATING HEAVY ... «KCRA Sacramento, Jul 15»
3
Nicki Minaj & Taylor Swift Talk On The Phone Post-Feud, Remind Us …
Remember in the olden days when you used to speak to someone either face to face or on the phone and, in turn, you'd hear their voice ... «Bustle, Jul 15»
4
Possible Technical Issues This Evening
“Arise and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.” Winston Churchill. “Proclaim Liberty throughout All the land unto All the Inhabitants ... «Power Line, Jul 15»
5
TVR's New Boss Plans To Make Scary Sports Cars And Maybe A …
After all, Jeremy Clarkson famously said “In the olden days I always got the impression that TVR built a car, put it on sale, and then found out ... «Jalopnik, Jul 15»
6
Where have those hands been? Monica Dux on the thing that bugs …
In the developed world, most of us enter adulthood assuming that parasites are things that only happened to people in the olden times or on ... «Brisbane Times, Jul 15»
7
A trip back in time to Cumberland, Maryland
But just like in the olden days, you risk getting cinders in your eyes from the coal smoke. Certainly you'll have some black powder on your ... «Gazettextra, Jul 15»
8
What to do about punitive private parking firms? I have an idea
At length, Ma Stewart is hearing impaired and can't use a mobile phone for calls so, as it used to be in the olden days, we pre-arranged a pick ... «Herald Scotland, Jul 15»
9
Bring Back the Smart Residential Gateway for Home Automation …
Had there been Twitter in those olden days, #ResidentialGateways would be trending. I never much participated in the residential gateway ... «CEPro, Jul 15»
10
Selfie Pulla, Yaendi Yaendi or Vaadi Vaadi - which is the best song …
It is the latest trend in Indian cinema that heroes and heroines have started lending their voices to songs just like the olden days. Everyone from ... «Bollywood Life, Jul 15»

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