elder

/ˈɛldɐ/

/ˈɛɫdɝ/

Elder

старейшины

(plural) people who are older, wiser and more experienced than others

синонимы : senior

elder

старец

(of two people, particularly in the same family) older

напр

1. He showed respect towards his elders.

2. I am the elder statesman of the team and it is my obligation to pick up the cudgels for our ballclub.

3. The younger people took the floor, and all the elders sneaked back to their chairs.

4. Rather than heeding cautionary tales from elders, the young woman insisted on learning life's harder lessons firsthand.