elder

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   older, or a senior and respected member of a group

   The village elders met to resolve the dispute.

Common collocations

• elder statesman Adjective + noun

From Old English eldra, ieldra ('older'), comparative of eald ('old'), from Proto-Germanic *alþizô.

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