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elder1
adjective
1 older.
2 (the elder) used before or after a person's name to distinguish them from a younger person of the same name.
noun
1 a person who is older.
2 (often elders) an older person, especially someone regarded as having authority.
3 in some tribal societies: a senior member of a tribe, who is invested with authority.
4 in some Protestant Churches: a lay person who has some responsibility for pastoral care and decision-making.
[Anglo-Saxon eldra , comparative of ald old]
adjective
1 older.
2 (the elder) used before or after a person's name to distinguish them from a younger person of the same name.
noun
1 a person who is older.
2 (often elders) an older person, especially someone regarded as having authority.
3 in some tribal societies: a senior member of a tribe, who is invested with authority.
4 in some Protestant Churches: a lay person who has some responsibility for pastoral care and decision-making.
[Anglo-Saxon eldra , comparative of ald old]
| elder, older Older is the more general adjective. Elder is restricted in use to people, and is generally only used as an adjective in the context of family relationships, as in an elder brother/sister . It is always used before a noun or pronoun, or in the elder. Elder is not used in comparisons with than, as in She is older (not elder ) than me . |
elder2
noun a kind of bush or small tree belonging to the same family as honeysuckle, with white flowers and purple-black or red berries.
[Anglo-Saxon ellærn ]
noun a kind of bush or small tree belonging to the same family as honeysuckle, with white flowers and purple-black or red berries.
[Anglo-Saxon ellærn ]
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