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• Elder

  ·adj Older; more aged, or existing longer. II. Elder ·adj One who is older; a superior in age; a se...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Elder

  A name frequently used in the Old Testament as denoting a person clothed with authority, and entitle...

  Easton's Bible Dictionary

• elder

  n. See elderberry, native. ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

• Elder

  The term elder, or old man as the Hebrew literally imports, was one of extensive use, as an official...

  William Smith's Bible Dictionary

• Water elder

  ·- The guelder-rose. ...

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• Colman, George, the Elder

  (1732-1794) Dramatist, b. at Florence, where his f. was British Envoy, he was a friend of Garrick, ...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin