elder
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(satellite adjective) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." |
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Synonyms: older, sr. |
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(noun) a person who is older than you are |
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Synonyms: senior |
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Related Words: adult, dean, doyen, grownup |
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(noun) any of various church officers |
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Related Words: church officer, presbyter |
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(noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit |
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Synonyms: elderberry bush |
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Related Words: American elder, American red elder, European elder, European red elder, Sambucus caerulea, Sambucus canadensis, Sambucus ebulus, Sambucus nigra, Sambucus pubens, Sambucus racemosa, black elder, black elderberry, blue elder, blue elderberry, bourtree, bush, common elder, danewort, dwarf elder, elderberry, red-berried elder, shrub, stinking elder, sweet elder |
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(adjective) older and (at least formerly) larger than another though relative size is not the issue; "big sister" |
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Synonyms: big, older |
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