elder

/ˈɛldɐ/

/ˈɛɫdɝ/

Elder

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

synonyms : senior

any of various church officers

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

elder

used with someone's name to indicate that between two people who have the same name who is older

synonyms : older

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

Examples

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.