elder
长者,长老,长辈,老人
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Definitions
- 1
a comparative of old, with eldest as superlative.
- : of greater age; older.
- : of higher rank; senior: an elder officer.
- : of or relating to former times; earlier: Much that was forbidden by elder custom is accepted today.
- 1
- : a person who is older or higher in rank than oneself.
- : an aged person.
- : an influential member of a tribe or community, often a chief or ruler; a superior.
- : a presbyter.
- : a lay member who is a governing officer, often assisting the pastor in services.
- : Mormon Church. a member of the Melchizedek priesthood.
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In this country, everything is disposable and expendable, and our elders are one of the greatest resources we have in this country and in the world.
Mallott took the stage, talking about his youth in Southeast Alaska and the importance of elders and youths working together to improve safety, security and respect.
An elder sister whose eyes were always forlorn had revealed that her husband used to whip her and that she had even thought of ending her life.
After the game, the elder Thompson intercepted a reporter’s question about the shirts directed at his son.
Nursing homes and other elder care facilities have needed to change since well before coronavirus.
“Hurting others or destroying property is not the answer,” the elder Brown had said last week in a public-service video.
Our escort, Hajji Zalwar Khan, is the chief elder in charge of the valley council.
As another elder in the valley put it—perhaps more succinctly—“emotions are for women.”
He speaks of her much as he might of his elder son, the SEAL.
William Kristol, the editor of The Weekly Standard, was in rare agreement with the elder Paul.
Here the speaker, putting her hand before her mouth, coughed again, and looked affectionately at the elder Mr. Weller.
“My sister is passionately fond of children,” said the lady, in smiling apology.