ELDER
\ˈɛldə], \ˈɛldə], \ˈɛ_l_d_ə]\
Definitions of ELDER
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1846 - Medical lexicon: a dictionary of medical science
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
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a person who is older than you are
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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
By Princeton University
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used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."
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a person who is older than you are
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any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Older; more aged, or existing longer.
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One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
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An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
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A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
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A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
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A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; - opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
By Oddity Software
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Older; more aged, or existing longer.
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One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
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An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
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A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
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A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
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A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
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Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; - opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
By Noah Webster.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Older; prior in time, origin, or appointment.
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One older in age, rank, or station; in certain Protestant churches, a governing officer, or minister; a shrub with a spongy pith and purple berries.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
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A small tree with a spongy pith, bearing useful purple berries.
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Older: having lived a longer time: prior in origin.
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One who is older: an ancestor: one advanced to office on account of age: one of the office-bearers in the Presbyterian Church.
By Daniel Lyons
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An older person; an official in some churches; a bush with spongy pith.
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Eldest.
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Older; born earlier.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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Older; having lived a longer time; prior in origin; preceding in the date.
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One who is older; an ancestor; one who, on account of his age and experience, is selected for office; one who held office in the early Christian Church; in the Presbyterian Church, a member of what, in connection with a congregation, is called the kirk-session, which is presided over by the minister, and superintends and administers the order and discipline of the Church; the player who leads.
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A genus of shrubs and small trees; a small tree with a spongy pith, bearing dark purple berries.
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
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Senior; opposed to younger; older; comp. degree of old.
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One advanced in life; an office-bearer in a Presbyterian church.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
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Sambucus- e. Common, Sambucus Canadensis-e. Dwarf, Aralia hispida, Sambucus ebulus-e.Prickly, Aralia spinosa- e. Redberried. Sambucus pubens.
By Robley Dunglison
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n. One who is older; a senior; — an ancestor; a predecessor one who is appointed to office on account of his age and presumable experience and wisdom;—presbyter: —ordained minister; —a layman associated with the minister in the government and discipline of the church.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A genus of plants having broad umbels of white flowers and dark-red berries.
By Thomas Sheridan
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