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Nine Old Men

Nine Old Men proper noun: a group of nine men who worked as core animators at Disney: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Frank Thomas.

Proper noun

Nine Old Men

  1. (historical) A group of nine men who worked as core animators at Disney: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Frank Thomas.

Questions about Nine Old Men

What does Nine Old Men mean?
Nine Old Men means a group of nine men who worked as core animators at Disney: Les Clark, Marc Davis, Ollie Johnston, Milt Kahl, Ward Kimball, Eric Larson, John Lounsbery, Wolfgang Reitherman and Frank Thomas.
What part of speech is Nine Old Men?
Nine Old Men is a proper noun.

Words near Nine Old Men in the dictionary

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