Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..

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Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
Eldern :: Eldern (a.) Made of elder.
Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..
Outfield :: Outfield (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders..
Elderly :: Elderly (a.) Somewhat old; advanced beyond middle age; bordering on old age; as, elderly people..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..
Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].
Viburnum :: Viburnum (n.) A genus of shrubs having opposite, petiolate leaves and cymose flowers, several species of which are cultivated as ornamental, as the laurestine and the guelder-rose..
Legitimist :: Legitimist (n.) Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France..
Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.
Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..
Scout :: Scout (n.) A fielder in a game for practice.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..
Senate :: Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..
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