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Definition of "golden age" [golden age]

  • A period of great peace, prosperity, and happiness. (noun)
  • Greek & Roman Mythology The first age of the world, an untroubled and prosperous era during which people lived in ideal happiness. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "golden age" in a sentence
  • "Nostalgists see Panhard and its competitors as the golden age of auto production: Craftsmanship counted and companies gave their full attention to individual consumers."
  • "Those who compare the age in which their lot has fallen with a golden age which exists only in imagination, may talk of degeneracy and decay; but no man who is correctly informed as to the past, will be disposed to take a morose or desponding view of the present.26"
  • "In the golden age of cocktail culture, legendary haunts like The Stork Club, El Morocco, and “21” made famous drinks like the Manhattan, sidecar, gimlet, daiquiri."