Definitions of elder
a. - Older; more aged, or existing longer.
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a. - 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.
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a. - One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
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a. - An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
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a. - 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. - A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
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n. - A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
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The word "elder" uses 5 letters: D E E L R.
No direct anagrams for elder found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after elder (in bold), or to deelr in any order:
a - dealer leader d - reddle e - leered reeled g - gelder ledger redleg i - lieder relied m - melder n - lender relend p - pedler repled s - elders u - dueler eluder v - delver w - lewder reweld welder
Shorter words found within elder:
de dee deer del dele dere dree ed eel el eld er ere led lee leer re red rede ree reed reel
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Other words with the same letter pairs: el ld de er
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