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Meaning of word elder from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.

Meaning : A person who is older than you are.

Synonyms : senior

Meaning : Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit.

Synonyms : elderberry bush

Meaning : Any of various church officers.

Meaning : Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.

Example : Bill Adams, Sr..

Synonyms : older, sr.

cockroach (noun)
Any of numerous chiefly nocturnal insects. Some are domestic pests.

fruitfully (adverb)
In a productive way.

wear away (verb)
Cut away in small pieces.

dispose (verb)
Give, sell, or transfer to another.

changeover (noun)
An event that results in a transformation.

stethoscope (noun)
A medical instrument for listening to the sounds generated inside the body.

wage increase (noun)
The amount a salary is increased.

cut short (verb)
Interrupt before its natural or planned end.

demolish (verb)
Destroy completely.

most (adjective)
(superlative of `many' used with count nouns and often preceded by `the') quantifier meaning the greatest in number.