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golden age

Word definitions for golden age in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
The term Golden Age ( chryseon genos ) comes from Greek mythology and legend and refers to the first in a sequence of four or five (or more) Ages of Man , in which the Golden Age is first, followed in sequence, by the Silver , Bronze , Heroic , and then ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Golden \Gold"en\ (g[=o]ld"'n), a. [OE. golden; cf. OE. gulden, AS. gylden, from gold. See Gold , and cf. Guilder .] Made of gold; consisting of gold. Having the color of gold; as, the golden grain. Very precious; highly valuable; excellent; eminently ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. a time period when some activity or skill was at its peak; "it was the golden age of cinema" any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness (classical mythology) the first and best age of the world, a time of ideal happiness, ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A happy age of peace and prosperity. 2 A time of great progress or achievement in a particular field; or when something reaches its peak.

Usage examples of golden age.

Ever since Elwood told him about Sam Goldwyn, he had been a student of the unpredictable ways of the legendary moguls of Hollywood's Golden Age, men like Harry Cohn, Jack Warner, Louis B.

Who shall say that this is not the golden age of mutual trust, of unlimited reliance upon human promises?

I had come gradually to feel that this new world, at least, had attained the golden age of security, and that fear, hate, and wrongdoing had long since passed away, or had never been born.