Noun | 1. | elder - a person who is older than you are Synonyms: senior |
2. | elder - any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit Synonyms: elderberry bush | |
3. | elder - any of various church officers | |
Adj. | 1. | elder - used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." |
2. | elder - older brother or sister; "big sister" |