Dictionary Check: elder

"elder" is a valid word!

Scrabble 6 points
Words with Friends 7 points

Definition

adjective

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

Example: "Bill Adams, Sr."
Synonyms:
noun

a person who is older than you are

Synonyms:
noun

any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

Synonyms:
noun

any of various church officers

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