Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

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Skelder :: Skelder (v. t. & i.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.
Snowball :: Snowball (n.) The Guelder-rose.
Guelderrose'' :: Guelderrose' (n.) A cultivated variety of a species of Viburnum (V. Opulus), bearing large bunches of white flowers; -- called also snowball tree..
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..
Schwenkfelder :: Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldia.
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.
Elder :: Elder (n.) A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries..
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Sire :: Sire (n.) A tittle of respect formerly used in speaking to elders and superiors, but now only in addressing a sovereign..
Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..
Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Methodist :: Methodist (a.) Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder..
Senate :: Senate (n.) A body of elders appointed or elected from among the nobles of the nation, and having supreme legislative authority..
Matronal :: Matronal (a.) Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.
Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..
Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.
Sir :: Sir (n.) A respectful title, used in addressing a man, without being prefixed to his name; -- used especially in speaking to elders or superiors; sometimes, also, used in the way of emphatic formality..
Wallwort :: Wallwort (n.) The dwarf elder, or danewort (Sambucus Ebulus)..
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