1. elder - Noun
2. elder - Adjective
3. elder - Verb
4. elder - Adjective Satellite
5. Elder - Proper noun
Older; more aged, or existing longer.
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
Source: Webster's dictionaryIf you wish success in life, make perseverance your bosom friend, experience your wise counselor, caution your elder brother and hope your guardian genius. Joseph Addison
I conceive there lies a clear rule in Titus that the elder women should instruct the younger and then I must have a time wherein I must do it. Anne Hutchinson
Now that I am sixty, I see why the idea of elder wisdom has passed from currency. John Updike
A man one year elder to you is one cunning year elder to you. Somali Proverb
A deer is an elder to its family. Somali Proverb
An Elder does not break wind in public, but in a latrine. South African Proverb