elder English

Meaning elder meaning

What does elder mean?

Definitions in simple English

elder Adjective

— An elder person is one who is older, usually over 65 years of age, and often used to show respect. The white-haired Mandela looked like an elder statesman in his suit and tie.

— The elder of two people is the one who is older. I saw her at a meeting where I had gone with my elder brother.

elder Noun

— Your elder is somebody who is older than you.

— # If somebody is mathx/math years your elder, they are older than you by mathx/math years.

— An elder is an older respected person, often a leader. My father is an elder in the local church. Aksakal was an elected village elder and an honorable and respectable man.

elder

— noun a person who is older than you are

— adjective (= older, sr.) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son Bill Adams, Sr.

— 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 elder synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as elder?

elder English » English

senior

older

elderberry

old person

old man

big

superior

older person

eldest

leader

old

large

adult

important person

elderly person

aged

sr.

master

major

father

black elder

ancient

presbyter

patriarch

parent

oldest

old-timer

of age

mantri

lord

husband

higher

greater

great

former

elderberry bush

chief

ancestor

witness

wise man

village elder

very heavy

very expensive

uncle

thinker

teacher

sister

shaman

sexagenarian

senior citizen

Topics elder topics

What do people use elder to talk about?

Person Life Stage of life

Old person

• What words refer to an old person?
  old man old woman elder senior citizen senior old people the old
• What words refer to caring for an old person?
  elder care retirement center old folks home nursing home

Universe, creation Plant

Tree

• What types of trees are there?
  acacia alder almond apple apricot ash aspen avocado azalea balsa balsam banyan bayberry beech betel nut birch blackberry blueberry box boxwood Brazil breadfruit broom camellia cashew cassia catalpa cedar cherry chestnut chinaberry cinnamon cinchona citron citrus clove coca coconut coffee cornel cottonwood cranberry currant cypress date dogwood ebony elder elm eucalyptus fig fir forsythia gardenia gingko grapefruit guava gum hawthorn hazel hazelnut hemlock henna hickory ironwood juniper jute kumquat laburnum larch laurel lemon lignum lilac lime linden litchi locust magnolia mahogany mango mangrove manzanita maple marihuana marijuana mesquite mimosa mistletoe mulberry myrtle nutmeg oak oleander olive orange papaw papaya persimmon peach pear pecan persimmon pine pistachio plane plum poinciana pomegranate poplar quince redwood rosewood sandalwood sapling sassafras satinwood saxifrage scrub senna sequoia sisal spruce spurge stinkwood sumac sycamore tamarack tamarind tamarisk tangerine teak walnut upas willow yew ylang-ylang

Social behavior Relationships

Types of people

• What words refer to people of different ages?
  baby child youth adult elder

States Time Aspectual time Age

Old, not young

• What words describe someone who is older than someone else?
  older elder

Social behavior Relationships Kinship Related by birth

Brother, sister

• What words indicate the order in which your brothers and sisters were born?
  elder brother elder sister younger brother younger sister

Examples elder examples

How do I use elder in a sentence?

Simple sentences

Then the younger brother set off, and the elder remained behind.

John's mother looks so young that she is often mistaken for his elder sister.

You seem to have mistaken me for my elder brother.

My elder brother is really tall, about 1.8m.

His elder sister is older than my eldest brother.

He has three elder sisters.

At last, my elder sister got married.

My elder daughter Magdalena is like an angel.

But my elder sister can swim perfectly well.

An old man entered the old church with his elder son, his younger daughter and her little baby.

Tom is my elder brother.

I am your elder sister.

I'm your elder sister.

How old is your elder son?

My elder brother finished his homework very quickly.

I have one elder brother and a younger sister.

Her elder daughter is married.

She was not less beautiful than her elder sister.

She adores her elder brother.

She is my elder sister.

Yutaka has two elder brothers.

My elder brother doesn't do sports.

Movie subtitles

My name is Elder Smith And can I leave this book with you for you to just peruse?

Me llamo Elder White (Are these your kids?

No, no, no, Elder Cunningham! That's not how we do it!

My name is (Elder Cunningham!

Do you have any idea where they're sending you, Elder Price?

You're like the smartest, best, most deserving elder this center has ever seen.

Elder Grant.

Elder White and Elder Smith.

Elder Cross and Elder Green, you will be serving in.

Elder Harris and Elder Brown.

Elder Price.

If he's an elder, then the influence he has over the other Blessed could be quite significant.

The elder son of the sea and heir to all its oceans.

I'm just the elder brother.

Elder statesmen of the theatre or cinema assure the public that actors and actresses are just plain folks, ignoring the fact that their greatest attraction to the public is their complete lack of resemblance to normal human beings.

I refused the throne until every elder of every tribe would come to me and beg me to take it.

And you're his elder anyway. And you're married.

Through his elder brother Fredrik? - Not at all.

Paul Lobelius, Martin's elder brother.

A merchant of old Padua who is firmly resolved not to bestow his younger daughter Bianca till he canst find a husband for the elder, Katherine.

Elder sister of the fair Bianca.

It seems her highness mistakes me for an elder page.

Your old China is as dead as your ancestors. and your new China. is as misguided as that pompous, miserable old elder of yours.

You can go along and follow your elder. or you're welcome aboard here with your friends.

Suyin, elder sister.

Elder Brother.

Elder Brother!

I agree with what my elder brother said.

This is your chairman of the board, meaning my elder brother.

Hey! You still don't see that this child is exactly the same as our Elder Sister.

Come here and meet your elder brother Tommy.

Elder Brother Tommy!

Elder Sister.

She's a little better. Elder Sister.

But you, elder brother. what do you think of it?

You are the elder brother, the chief of the Kosobe family.

If you clearly say it, Elder brother will listen to you surely.

If our elder brother cannot receive you, you only have to come home.

News and current affairs

Yet the elder Bush turned out to have had the better foreign policy.

In that elder generation, many had pursued military careers, and many of their aides and collaborators were engineers and civil servants.

Always a pragmatic Communist, the elder Xi had been the target of several purges under Mao, when relative moderates were frequently denounced as counterrevolutionaries.

Indeed, in a certain sense, Irving Kristol, Norman Podhoretz, and other neo-conservative elder statesmen remain defined by the communist dogmatism they sought to oppose when they were youthful Trotskyists.

The elder Batlle was revered in his lifetime and beyond. His faction eventually absorbed the entire Colorado Party.

To this end, governments should implement measures that guarantee, directly or indirectly, affordable child- and elder-care support systems for working parents.

Only three hostages and one Israeli commando - Yonatan Netanyahu, the elder brother of current Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu - were killed in the operation.

The elder Batlle was revered in his lifetime and beyond.

Hu Jintao may have made a genuflection to his more liberal mentor, but in the two decades since the elder Hu's fall from power, even as private space has expanded, China has become a politically far less open society.

Paradoxically, today's Left benefits from a nostalgia for those Colorado times, when Uruguay's wealth made the elder Batlle's populism possible.

Of course, few countries are as wealthy as Norway; but the principle - including support for elder care - can be applied to 30-, 40-, or 50-week periods.

The low-key Shanghai party boss is acceptable to Hu partly because the elder Xi was a comrade-in-arms of late liberal party chief Hu Yaobang, Hu's former mentor.