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elder
English
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /?eld?/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??ld?/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??ld?/
- Rhymes: -?ld?(r)
Etymology 1
From Middle English eldre, from Old English eldra, yldra, ieldra, from Proto-Germanic *alþizô. The vowel change from a to e triggered by the following i is called umlaut or I-mutation.
Adjective
elder
- comparative degree of old: older, greater than another in age or seniority.
- The elder of the two was also an elder statesman
Usage notes
- The normal comparative of old is older. The irregular form elder is sometimes used with family members, but is otherwise rare (except in fixed expressions such as elder statesman). Elder is generally limited to attributive position (my elder brother) and does not occur in predicative position (*my brother is elder). This also implies that elder cannot be followed by than.
Synonyms
- geriatric, long in the tooth, on in years; see also Thesaurus:elderly
Translations
Noun
elder (plural elders)
- An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.
- One who is older than another.
- One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
- An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.
- A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments.
- (US, Mormonism) One ordained to the lowest office in the Melchizedek priesthood.
- (US, Mormonism) Male missionary.
- (Mormonism, often capitalized) Title for a male missionary; title for a general authority.
- (Germanic paganism) A pagan or Heathen priest or priestess.
Synonyms
- (older person): eld, mzee, senior; see also Thesaurus:old person
- (one who lived at an earlier period): antecessor, forerunner; see also Thesaurus:predecessor
Translations
Verb
elder (third-person singular simple present elders, present participle eldering, simple past and past participle eldered)
- (Quakerism) To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.
- I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship.
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Wikispecies
From Middle English eldre, eller, from Old English ellærn, from Proto-Germanic *elernaz, *eldernaz (confer Low German Elhorn, Elloorn).
Noun
elder (plural elders)
- A small tree, Sambucus nigra, having white flowers in a cluster, and edible purple berries
- Any of the other species of the genus Sambucus: small trees, shrubs or herbaceous perennials with red, purple, or white/yellow berries (some of which are poisonous).
Synonyms
- (Sambucus nigra): black elder
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 3
Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *aliþro (“udder”), from *alan? (“to nourish”). Cognate with dialectal Dutch elder (“udder”).
Noun
elder
- A cow's udder, especially used as food.
References
Anagrams
- Edler
Basque
Noun
elder inan
- slime
Norwegian Bokmål
Verb
elder
- present of elde
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
elder f
- indefinite plural of elde
- indefinite plural of elde
Verb
elder
- present tense of elda and elde
Old Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse eldr, from Proto-Germanic *ailidaz.
Noun
elder m
- fire
- a skin disease - possibly erysipelas
Declension
Descendants
- Swedish: eld
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edder
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English *edre, *eder, from Old English eder, edor (“hedge, fence”), from Proto-Germanic *edaraz, *eduraz (“hedge, border”). Cognate with Old High German etar.
Noun
edder (plural edders)
- Flexible wood worked into the top of hedge stakes, to bind them together.
Verb
edder (third-person singular simple present edders, present participle eddering, simple past and past participle eddered)
- (obsolete) To bind the top interweaving edder.
Etymology 2
Variant of adder.
Noun
edder (plural edders)
- An adder or snake.
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Etymology 3
From Middle English edre (“a vein, blood vessel”), from Old English ?dre (“a vein, artery; sinew”), from Proto-West Germanic *?dr? (“vein”).
Cognates include (from Germanic) Old Saxon -?ðara (Dutch ader), Old High German ?dra (German Ader), Old Norse æðr (Swedish åder); (from Indo-European) Ancient Greek ???? (êtor, “heart”), Latin uterus, Old Irish inathar (“entrails”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??d.?/
Noun
edder (plural edders)
- (rare, dialect or obsolete) A blood vessel.
Anagrams
- dered, dreed
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