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Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man..

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

Presbyter :: Presbyter (n.) An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A body of elders in the early Christian church.

Skelder :: Skelder (v. t. & i.) To deceive; to cheat; to trick.

Porphyrogenitism :: Porphyrogenitism (n.) The principle of succession in royal families, especially among the Eastern Roman emperors, by which a younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born..

Elder :: Elder (a.) A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder..

Madam :: Madam (n.) A gentlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir..

Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..

Point :: Point (n.) A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman..

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..

Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..

Patriarch :: Patriarch (n.) A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively.

"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..

Elderish :: Elderish (a.) Somewhat old; elderly.

Saturn :: Saturn (n.) One of the elder and principal deities, the son of Coelus and Terra (Heaven and Earth), and the father of Jupiter. The corresponding Greek divinity was Kro`nos, later CHro`nos, Time..

Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..

Skelder :: Skelder (n.) A vagrant; a cheat.

Deacon :: Deacon (n.) An officer in Christian churches appointed to perform certain subordinate duties varying in different communions. In the Roman Catholic and Episcopal churches, a person admitted to the lowest order in the ministry, subordinate to the bishops and priests. In Presbyterian churches, he is subordinate to the minister and elders, and has charge of certain duties connected with the communion service and the care of the poor. In Congregational churches, he is subordinate to the pastor, and

Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.

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