Olde
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9.9
- proper noun
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Olde
- You know what they say in Merrie Olde England?
- Olde Towne
- Ye Olde
- Mr. Olde
Examples
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Dear Olde Dave, we got to get you out more often!
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The museum is located at 221 High Street in Olde Towne Portsmouth, Virginia.
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We're in the back half of October, and that means less than 4 months until Olde City, New Blood!
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All of us involved with Olde City, New Blood thank them for their service and sacrifice.
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I loved Olde Town too, but that's not the point of this exercise.
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My brother said Penn State has this restaurant called Ye Olde College Diner.
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Ye Olde Spaghetti Factory - this was the second most recent closing on this list, I believe.
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A mainstay of downtown Yellow Springs since 1847, Ye Olde Train Tavern is an old log cabin converted into a local dive bar.
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Was it one of the 'lost' haunted pubs of Shoreditch—Ye Olde Axe or the Nag's Head on Hackney Rd, for example?
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My brother said Penn State has this restaurant called Ye Olde College Diner.
Compounds
- Archaic
A pleasant old-fashioned feeling that makes a place seem like the past
Surface Forms
Etymology
Olde is an older spelling of old, and it became a family name for someone who was the 'old' or 'elder' in a village. So the surname Olde is a reminder that the family was named after an older ancestor.