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Elder
ˈɛldə
Elder definitions
adjective
elder
- (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
elders
elder
- people who are older than one
"schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders"
- a person who is older than one by a specified length of time
"she was two years his elder"
- a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group
"a council of village elders"
- an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects
"he left the Church of which he had been an elder"
- a member of a senate or governing body