Synonym: older, senior. Antonym: junior, younger. Similar words: elderly, builder, shareholder, wilderness, bewilderment, yield, field, wander. Meaning: ['eldə] 
n. 1. a person who is older than you are 2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit 3. 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.
n. 1. a person who is older than you are 2. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit 3. 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. 
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121. Their elder son, Nicky, had disappeared on his motorcycle in a cloud of dust and anger.
122. He was working in a thicket of briar, elder and dead wood from a fallen tree.
123. Mark Elder conducts a performance that is second to none in brilliance and precision.
124. It was natural for Richard, as elder son, to assume responsibility for the family.
125. But there was Elder Seth, standing tall, and smiling just like her old man.
126. The stooge who set up the question was a local Free Presbyterian elder!
127. John heard Cissie Iris, the elder girl, singing a song with the principal boy from the circle during the show.
128. Inside the caravan her elder daughter was pushing at the door to come out.
129. Rory had felt slightly sorry for his elder brother, then.
130. And he was now teaching young Patsy, unbeknownst to his elder brothers[sentencedict.com], the rudiments of the noble art of self-defence.
131. Two of the survivors had several elder sisters working as compositors.
132. He was the elder brother of Burun's father, the son of a concubine, never acknowledged as heir.
133. Di was just about to drop elder son Wills back at school when she braked sharply to avoid an oncoming motor.
134. The elder of these two women was gathering wild flowers, exclaiming as she did so.
135. As the first verdict for Lyle Menendez was read, the elder brother looked straight ahead and then shook his head slowly.
136. Opening his door Elder Brother jumped down, stumbled briefly then stood and stretched.
137. But this year John Major's elder brother Terry is missing out on his annual Butlin's holiday.
138. Many were also referred by elder brothers and sisters or friends who had already been placed.
139. This was because of his elder brother Frank,[www.Sentencedict.com] whose academic career was already starred.
140. The elder of his two daughters sat next to him.
141. Bruch suggests that a significantly large proportion of anorexics are eldest or elder daughters.
142. Differences in wealth and the superiority of elder over younger sons are ignored as they take their places according to age.
143. Significantly, this elder bloc was far more politically active than any other age group.
144. Donald was an elder of the church and the president-elect at the local Rotary club.
145. His elder brother, Nails, still at school, played water-polo for the town and stole cars.
146. And there was Elder Seth, baring his teeth as he pushed her face into the asphalt.
147. In his latter years he took little day-to-day interest in racing, but was seen as an elder statesman of the turf.
148. Chastised, Elder Brother held his tongue, turning to look at Jinju as if to seek her support.
149. Then his example lured his elder son Bertrand to Tripoli in 1112, and his younger son Alphonse Jourdain there in 1147.
150. Possibly they were daughters of a community leader, a priestess or elder.