Definition of elder

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Elder (a.) An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

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"""cover-point " :: Cover-point (n.) The fielder in the games of cricket and lacrosse who supports point..
Elder :: Elder (a.) Older; more aged, or existing longer..
Dame :: Dame (n.) A woman in general, esp. an elderly woman..
Gatten Tree :: Gatten tree () A name given to the small trees called guelder-rose (Viburnum Opulus), cornel (Cornus sanguinea), and spindle tree (Euonymus Europaeus)..
Gelder :: Gelder (n.) One who gelds or castrates.
Fielding :: Fielding (n.) The act of playing as a fielder.
Eldest :: Eldest (a.) Born or living first, or before the others, as a son, daughter, brother, etc.; first in origin. See Elder..
Gelder-rose :: Gelder-rose (n.) Same as Guelder-rose.
Welder :: Welder (n.) A manager; an actual occupant.
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.].
Pique :: Pique (n.) In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one..
Wielder :: Wielder (n.) One who wields or employs; a manager; a controller.
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or wields..
Elder :: Elder (a.) A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church..
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..
Diselder :: Diselder (v. t.) To deprive of an elder or elders, or of the office of an elder..
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..
Field :: Field (v. t.) To catch, stop, throw, etc. (the ball), as a fielder..
Presbytery :: Presbytery (n.) A judicatory consisting of all the ministers within a certain district, and one layman, who is a ruling elder, from each parish or church, commissioned to represent the church in conjunction with the pastor. This body has a general jurisdiction over the churches under its care, and next below the provincial synod in authority..
Welder :: Welder (n.) One who welds, or unites pieces of iron, etc., by welding..
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