elder has definitions from the fields of work,botany
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[ noun ] a person who is older than you are

Synonyms

senior

Used in print

(Octavia Waldo, A Cup of the Sun....)

But this was not unusual , because youth in these quarters was always pushed at a distance from its elders .

Related terms

adult doyenne dean

2
[ adjective ] used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Synonyms

older sr.

Examples

"Bill Adams, Sr."

Used in print

(The Times-Picayune, [New Orleans]...)

Volumes One and Two , selected from the sound_tracks of a television series , contain `` conversations with the elder wise_men of our day '' .

(David Stacton, The Judges of the Secret Court....)

He smiled , but now that he knew where the elder Seward was , he did not intend to go .

Related terms

senior

3
[ adjective ] older brother or sister

Synonyms

big older

Examples

"big sister"

Related terms

little

4
[ noun ] (botany) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

Synonyms

elderberry_bush

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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 1005
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[ noun ] (work) any of various church officers

Related terms

church_officer presbyter

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