English dictionary
elder
/'/E/ld/@/r/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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Older; more aged, or existing longer.
Source: webster1913
noun
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a person who is older than you are
Synonyms seniorSource: WordNet 3.0
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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
Synonyms elderberry bushSource: WordNet 3.0
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any of various church officers
Source: WordNet 3.0
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One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
Source: webster1913
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A genus of shrubs (<i>Sambucus</i>) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
Source: webster1913
adjective satellite
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used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
Source: WordNet 3.0