Elder - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈeldər|
Brit.
|ˈeldə|
noun
- a person who is older than you are (syn: senior)
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
- any of various church officers
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
- any of various church officers
adjective
- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (syn: older)
Extra examples
Modern writers may produce compositions in the elder style.
His elder son Liam became a lawyer.
Sarah is the elder of the two.
My elder sister buried her husband about six months ago.
The house went to the elder son.
She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.
Janet's sister was eight years her elder.
Tom has outgrown his elder brother
Elder Edda
Julia Caesaris, Julia the Elder
Word forms
noun
singular: elder
plural: elders
singular: elder
plural: elders
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