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Elder
01
a person older in age or experience than another
Grammatical Information
animacy status
animate
plural form
elders
Examples
You should respect your elders.
02
a senior member or officer in certain Christian churches
Examples
The elder led the congregation in prayer.
03
a shrub or small tree of temperate and subtropical regions, bearing clusters of white flowers and dark berries
Examples
An elder grew beside the fence, heavy with berries.
elder
01
used to distinguish the older of two people with the same name, especially a father and son
Grammatical Information
Composition
Simple
relational
ungradable
Examples
The portrait depicted William Brown, the elder.
Lexical Tree
eldership
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