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   Eld·er

   /ˈeldər/

   

   adjective

   • 1. (of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age: "my elder daughter"
   • ▪ used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name: "Pliny the Elder"

   noun

   • 1. a person of greater age than someone specified: "schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders"
   • ▪ a person of advanced age. Similar seniorold/older person
   • ▪ a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group: "a council of village elders" Similar seniorold/older personleadersenior figureofficialpatriarchfatherguiding lightguru
   • ▪ an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant and Presbyterian Churches.

   Word Origin Old Englishieldra, eldra, of Germanic origin; related to German älter, also to eld and old.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eldership noun

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   What does elder mean?

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   What is the difference between older and elder?

   • • The only main difference between the two usages older and elder is that the word older is bit more informal than the word elder. • The word elder is the form we used in writing, especially in formal writing, when we are speaking about a person older than someone else. • Sometimes the word older is used in the sense of ‘advanced by age.’

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   Who is the elder of two people?

   • The elder of two people is the one who was born first. ...his elder brother. A person's elder is someone who is older than them, especially someone quite a lot older. They have no respect for their elders. In some societies, an elder is one of the respected older people who have influence and authority.

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   What does elderly person mean?

   • elderly people n. advanced in years adj. #age gray-haired adj. #tired, mature old-fashioned adj. elders n. geriatric n., adj. #tired, mature grey adj. retired people n. elderly person long in the tooth olden adj. #early, tired older person n.

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   of or relating to former times; earlier: Much that was forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.

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   A person's elder is someone who is older than them, especially someone quite a lot older. [formal] They have no respect for their elders. Synonyms: older person, senior More Synonyms of elder. 3. countable noun. In some societies, an elder is one of the respected older people who have influence and authority.

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   of or pertaining to former times; earlier: Much that was forbidden by elder custom is accepted today. n. a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself. an aged person. Anthropology, Sociology an influential member of a tribe or community, often a chief or ruler; a superior.