Definition of elder Elder
/ɛˈldɚ/ - [elder] - eld•er
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What does elder mean?
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NounPlural: elders |
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| elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit | ||
| elderberry bush | ||
| shrub, bush a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems | ||
| genus sambucus, sambucus elder; elderberry | ||
| american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet elder common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies | ||
| blue elder, blue elderberry, sambucus caerulea shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies | ||
| danewort, sambucus ebulus, dwarf elder dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor | ||
| black elder, bourtree, common elder, european elder, sambucus nigra, elderberry a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | ||
| american red elder, sambucus pubens, stinking elder, red-berried elder common North American shrub or small tree | ||
| elder - a person who is older than you are | ||
| senior | ||
| grownup, adult any mature animal | ||
| doyen, dean an administrator in charge of a division of a university or college | ||
| elder - any of various church officers | ||
| church officer a church official | ||
Adjectiveelder, elderer, elderest |
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| elder - used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." | ||
| older, sr. | ||
| senior used of the fourth and final year in United States high school or college; "the senior prom" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- elder (Noun)
An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community. - elder (Noun)
One who is older than another. - elder (Noun)
An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities. - elder (Noun)
The lowest office in the priesthood Latter Day Melchizedek priesthood . - elder (Noun)
One ordained to the office of elder. - elder (Noun)
Male missionary, title for a male missionary; title for a general authority . - elder (Noun)
A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess. - elder (Noun)
A small tree of the genus Sambucus having white flowers in a cluster, and purple berries.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- elder (a.)
Older; more aged, or existing longer. - elder (a.)
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. - elder (a.)
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior. - elder (a.)
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor. - elder (a.)
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. - elder (a.)
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder. - elder (n.)
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
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elder
Comparative of old. -
elder
Shrub or herbaceous plant of the genus Sambucus with white or creamy flowers that produces red, blue or black berries. -
elder
Person respected and listened to for being old in age or in membership.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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elder
eld′ėr, n. a genus of plants consisting chiefly of shrubs and trees, with pinnate leaves, small flowers (of which the corolla is wheel-shaped and five-cleft), and three-seeded berries—the Common Elder is the Scotch Bourtree.—ns. Eld′er-berr′y, the acidulous purple-black drupaceous fruit of the elder; Eld′er-gun, a popgun made of elder-wood by extracting the pith; Eld′er-wine, a pleasant wine made from elder-berries.—Elder-flower water, distilled water, with an agreeable odour, made from the flowers. [A.S. ellærn, ellen.] -
elder
eld′ėr, adj. older: having lived a longer time: prior in origin.—n. one who is older: an ancestor: one advanced to office on account of age: one of a class of office-bearers in the Presbyterian Church—equivalent to the presbyters of the New Testament.—n. Eld′erliness.—adj. Eld′erly, somewhat old: bordering on old age.—n. Eld′ership, state of being older: the office of an elder.—adj. Eld′est, oldest. [A.S. eldra, yldra, comp. of eald, old.]
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🔤- elder, noun, singular of elders.
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