Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..

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Venerate :: Venerate (v. t.) To regard with reverential respect; to honor with mingled respect and awe; to reverence; to revere; as, we venerate parents and elders..
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..
Senior :: Senior (a.) More advanced than another in age; prior in age; elder; hence, more advanced in dignity, rank, or office; superior; as, senior member; senior counsel..
Elderwort :: Elderwort (n.) Danewort.
Danewort :: Danewort (n.) A fetid European species of elder (Sambucus Ebulus); dwarf elder; wallwort; elderwort; -- called also Daneweed, Dane's weed, and Dane's-blood. [Said to grow on spots where battles were fought against the Danes.].
Elder :: Elder (a.) Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc..
Outfield :: Outfield (n.) The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders..
Over :: Over (n.) A certain number of balls (usually four) delivered successively from behind one wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behind the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places..
Mulier :: Mulier (n.) Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son..
Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Fielder :: Fielder (n.) A ball payer who stands out in the field to catch or stop balls.
Overthrow :: Overthrow (n.) A faulty return of the ball by a fielder, so that the striker makes an additional run..
Skilder :: Skilder (v. i.) To beg; to pilfer; to skelder.
Priest :: Priest (n.) A presbyter elder; a ministe.
Buffer :: Buffer (n.) A good-humored, slow-witted fellow; -- usually said of an elderly man..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
Schwenkfelder :: Schwenkfelder (n.) Alt. of Schwenkfeldia.
Eldership :: Eldership (n.) Office of an elder; collectively, a body of elders..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A fielder stationed on the off side and to the rear of the batsman. There are usually two of them, called respectively short slip, and long slip..
Eldern :: Eldern (a.) Made of elder.
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