Definition: 1. A person who is older than you are. 2. Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit. 3. Any of various church officers. 4. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son. 5. Older brother or sister.
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Use 'elder' in a sentence:
1. The children in our family are always respectful to their elders.
2. This imbalance puts extra strain on local support services and the elder is no longer provided with familial support.
3. His elder brother was called up for military service.
4. The elder son is the cook of the walk.
5. I told my elder sister about it and she gave me some money.
6. She is my elder daughter.
7. He married a woman nearly six years his elder.
8. They discussed important issues in imitation of their elders.
9. Her elder sister Princess Beatrice, 20, also loves touring and spends just as much as her.
10. 'Oi, shut your mouth and have respect for elders,' Langda said to the boy.
11. Abe's elder sister, Fanny, is studying history.
12. His elder son was killed in a car crash a few years ago.
13. My elder brother caught the biggest.
14. He is her elder by several years.
15. An accumulating body of research indicates that some distinctions between one type of elder care and another have little real bearing on how well residents do.
16. Clare's close resemblance to his elder sister invoked a deep dislike in him.
17. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority ．
18. The tea-pot was standing on the table, but no Elder Tree was growing out of it!
19. When I was a little boy, there was a time when I went to fish with my elder sister.
20. In the first century A.D., Pliny the Elder wrote of using sea urchin ashes to treat baldness.
21. His elder brother/ sister works in a clothing factory.
22. He was in his late eighties and had become the country's most respected elder statesman.
23. The person you saw yesterday was not her, but her elder sister.
24. He had always been overshadowed by his elder sister.
25. "Yes, please, sir," said the elder of the two hedgehogs respectfully.
26. He is now an elder of the village church.
27. In still another use, persons in Asian cultures may view silence as a sign of respect, particularly to an elder or a person in authority.
28. He cooks dinner for all the family: mum, dad, younger brother Joe and elder sister Emma.
29. "You are my elder brother. You should give it to me!" said he.
30. Just such another large blooming Elder Tree stands near the New Booths.
31. Once, the elder of the two turned around and smiled at me with an evil smile.
32. He feared losing his inheritance to his elder brother.
33. The young have no respect for their elders.
34. The elder should be more accessible to new things and the younger should defer to the advisable proposals from parents.
35. He shouldn't burlesque the elder.
36. A deputation of elders from the village arrived headed by its chief.
37. So it was Xiao Wang's elder sister who called just now.
38. An elder brother, a younger sister, an elder sister.
39. Like my elder sister did for me, I gave her some money.
40. I don't smack them, but I sometimes think I should, because the elder two have so much attitude.
41. The researchers said, "An elder would be at risk of poorer diet to keep healthy."
42. Ida, Della's elder sister, looked after Della after their mother's death.
43. His mother laughed, put some Elder-flowers in the tea-pot, and poured boiling water upon them.
44. She used to play games of make-believe with her elder sister.
45. He was the prototype of the elder statesman.
46. He has cultivated the image of an elder statesman.
47. He has written eight books and has cultivated the image of an elder statesman.
48. Youngsters imbibe wisdom from their elders.
49. She made liberal use of her elder sister's make-up and clothes.
50. Sit down and be quiet in front of your elders and betters.
51. The elder girl tried to encourage her small companion.
52. In Japan you are taught great respect for your elders.
53. Children have no respect for their elders nowadays.
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