elder
a person who is older than you are
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,391 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,189 times across 175,160 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a person who is older than you are also: senior
- any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit also: elderberry bush
- any of various church officers
adjective
- used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son also: older, sr. Bill Adams, Sr.
elder in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But that ceremony the two elder obstinately declined.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Then the elder will be still more sensible.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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Willy's elder brother, Ralph, more nearly resembled his father.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Lady "A." did not marry her deceased husband's brother, whether "elder" or younger.
Punch — Volume 101, November 7, 1891 · Various · Chapter 1
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Consider your elder brother, who laid down his life for his honour, or rather lost it for his disobedience to my will.
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1