elder

elder /'eldə/
  • tính từ
    • nhiều tuổi hơn
      • elder brother: anh
  • danh từ
    • người nhiều tuổi hơn
    • (số nhiều) bậc huynh trưởng
    • danh từ
      • (thực vật học) cây cơm cháy

    Xem thêm: senior, elderberry bush, older, sr., old(a), previous(a), Old, older, erstwhile(a), former(a), onetime(a), quondam(a), sometime(a), honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, old(a), sure-enough(a)



    elder

    Từ điển WordNet

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