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   elder

   /ˈɛldə/

   adjective

   • 1. (of one or more out of a group of associated people) of a greater age: "my elder daughter"
   • ▪ used to distinguish between related famous people with the same name: "Pliny the Elder"

   noun

   • 1. people who are older than one: "schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders"
   • ▪ a person who is older than one by a specified length of time: "she was two years his elder"
   • 2. a leader or senior figure in a tribe or other group: "a council of village elders" Similar seniorold/older personleadersenior figureofficialpatriarchfatherguiding lightguru
   • ▪ an official in the early Christian Church, or of various Protestant Churches and sects: "he left the Church of which he had been an elder"
   • ▪ a member of a senate or governing body. historical

   Word Origin Old Englishieldra, eldra, of Germanic origin; related to German älter, also to eld and old.

   Derivatives

   • 1. eldership noun

   Scrabble Points: 6

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