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Methuselah

Definition of Methuselah
  • (in the Bible) a patriarch, the grandfather of Noah, who is said to have lived for 969 years (Gen. 5:27).
  • used to refer to a very old person:I’m feeling older than Methuselah

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Definition of Methuselah in the US English dictionary
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