elder

noun

any of various church officers

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

a person who is older than you are

adjective

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Synonyms for elder

olderadj senioradj staretsn eldestadj oldestadj elderlinessn oldstern doyennen presbytern grandfathern grannyn

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