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An older person or an older member, usually a leader, of some community.

Example: We were presented to the village elder.

One who is older than another.

Example: Respect your elders.

One who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.

An officer of a church, sometimes having teaching responsibilities.

To admonish or reprove for improper conduct by the elders of the meeting.

Example: I was eldered for directly responding to someone else's message in meeting for worship.

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

Example: an old abandoned building;  an old friend

Having been used and thus no longer new or unused.

Example: I find that an old toothbrush is good to clean the keyboard with.

Having existed or lived for the specified time.

Example: How old are they? She’s five years old and he's seven. We also have a young teen and a two-year-old child.

(heading) Of an earlier time.

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).