elder

noun
[L10969]

Compounds

In compounds

Forms

  • singular : elder
  • plural : elders

Senses

  • position or title conferred as authority based on being older or wiser

    • Rebuke not an elder, but intreat him as a father

elder

adjective
[L336381]

Forms

  • positive : elder
  • superlative : eldest

Senses

  • (of siblings) one who is older than a sibling of theirs