elder

کلمات مرتبط(elder):بازگشت به واژه elderelder hard
elder-berry
marsh elder
the elder

بزرگتر،ارشد کليسا،شيخ کليساکلمات مرتبط(4)

بزرگتر، ارشد، ارشد کلیسا، شیخ کلیسا.

elder

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    n.

  • a person who is older than you are; senior
  • any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit; elderberry bush
  • any of various church officers

    adj.

  • used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; older, sr.

    Bill Adams, Sr.

    n.

  • past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

    adj.

  • (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age

    an old man's eagle mind"--William Butler Yeats; "his mother is very old

    a ripe old age

    how old are you?

  • of long duration; not new

    old tradition

    old house

    old wine

    old country

    old friendships

    old money

  • (used for emphasis) very familiar; old(a)

    good old boy

    same old story

  • just preceding something else in time or order; previous(a)

    the previous owner

    my old house was larger

  • of a very early stage in development; Old

    Old English is also called Anglo Saxon

    Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century

  • old in experience; older

    an old offender

    the older soldiers

  • belonging to some prior time; erstwhile(a), former(a), onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)

    erstwhile friend

    our former glory

    the once capital of the state

    her quondam lover

  • (used informally especially for emphasis); honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)

    a real honest-to-god live cowboy

    had us a high old time

    went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

elders
syn.: older senior
ant.: junior youngerolder|elder|oldest|eldest|olds
syn.: abandoned aged ancient antique elderly former mature obsolete outworn stale
ant.: new young