Definition of elder

Overview of noun elder

The noun elder has 3 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (3) elder, senior

(a person who is older than you are)

2. elder, elderberry bush

(any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit)

3. elder

(any of various church officers)

Overview of adj elder

The adj elder has 1 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)

1. (2) elder, older, sr.

(used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.")