| elder | (adjective) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son | Synonyms: older, sr. |
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| (noun) a person who is older than you are | Synonyms: senior |
| (noun) any of various church officers | - |
| (noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit | Synonyms: elderberry bush |
| elderberry | (noun) berrylike fruit of an elder used for e.g. wines and jellies | - |
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| (noun) a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies | Synonyms: black elder, bourtree, common elder, European elder, Sambucus nigra |
| elderly | (adjective) advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables) | Synonyms: aged, older, senior |
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| (noun) people who are old collectively | Synonyms: aged |
| eldership | (noun) the office of elder | - |
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| eldest | (adjective) first in order of birth | Synonyms: firstborn |
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| (noun) the offspring who came first in the order of birth | Synonyms: firstborn |