elder (n.)

  1. a person who is older than you are

    [ Syn: senior ]

  2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

    [ Syn: elderberry bush ]

  3. any of various church officers

    elder (adj.)

  1. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; Bill Adams, Sr.

    [ Syn: older , sr. ]

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