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Definition: Elder |
ElderAdjective1. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr.". 2. Older brother or sister; "big sister". Noun1. 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. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Elder" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be clear". |
Date "elder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
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Bible | Elder a name frequently used in the Old Testament as denoting a person clothed with authority, and entitled to respect and reverence (Gen. 50:7). It also denoted a political office (Num. 22:7). The "elders of Israel" held a rank among the people indicative of authority. Moses opened his commission to them (Ex. 3:16). They attended Moses on all important occasions. Seventy of them attended on him at the giving of the law (Ex. 24:1). Seventy also were selected from the whole number to bear with Moses the burden of the people (Num. 11:16, 17). The "elder" is the keystone of the social and political fabric wherever the patriarchal system exists. At the present day this is the case among the Arabs, where the sheik (i.e., "the old man") is the highest authority in the tribe. The body of the "elders" of Israel were the representatives of the people from the very first, and were recognized as such by Moses. All down through the history of the Jews we find mention made of the elders as exercising authority among the people. They appear as governors (Deut. 31:28), as local magistrates (16:18), administering justice (19:12). They were men of extensive influence (1 Sam. 30:26-31). In New Testament times they also appear taking an active part in public affairs (Matt. 16:21; 21:23; 26:59). The Jewish eldership was transferred from the old dispensation to the new. "The creation of the office of elder is nowhere recorded in the New Testament, as in the case of deacons and apostles, because the latter offices were created to meet new and special emergencies, while the former was transmitted from the earlies times. In other words, the office of elder was the only permanent essential office of the church under either dispensation." The "elders" of the New Testament church were the "pastors" (Eph. 4:11), "bishops or overseers" (Acts 20:28), "leaders" and "rulers" (Heb. 13:7; 1 Thess. 5:12) of the flock. Everywhere in the New Testament bishop and presbyter are titles given to one and the same officer of the Christian church. He who is called presbyter or elder on account of his age or gravity is also called bishop or overseer with reference to the duty that lay upon him (Titus 1:5-7; Acts 20:17-28; Phil. 1:1). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Tips from 1870 | Usage: Older, Elder. Elder and eldest are terms applied chiefly to persons, generally in speaking of members of the same family, while older and oldest are applied to persons of different families, and also to things. "His elder brother died yesterday." "His eldest sister has gone to Italy on her wedding trip." "Our oldest neighbor was born in 1825." "This oak is older than that pine." The foregoing sentences illustrate the best usage as applied to the comparatives older and elder and the superlatives oldest and eldest. When the direct comparison is made the word older is used, followed by the conjunction than; as, "My father is older than my mother." But when the comparison is assumed the word elder should be employed; as, "My father is the elder of my parents." Source: Slips of Speech. |
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A religious or political elder is valued for his (it is usually, but with exceptions, a man) wisdom, by the logic that the older you are the more you know. The concept of an elder was common in parts of the world where what is now called civilization had taken over. The elders in the Bible were also called Scribes or Pharisees.Elder is a title for a member of the Church of Latter Day Saints or Mormon, no matter the age of the member.
In some Protestant churches, an elder is a senior member of an individual church who has not been ordained as a minister; elders, or all confirmed members, may vote on local issues.
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A religious or political elder is valued for his (it is usually, but with exceptions, a man) wisdom, by the logic that the older you are the more you know. The concept of an elder was common in parts of the world where what is now called civilization had taken over.In the Senate of Rome, the senators were men. 'Senator' comes from the Latin 'Senex', menaing old man, and the senators were actually called patres- 'fathers'.
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Synonyms: ElderSynonyms: big(a) (adj), older (adj), sr. (adj), elderberry bush (n), senior (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: little(a) (adj). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Age | Older, elder, eldest; senior; firstborn. |
Clergy | Dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch, hierarch; ebdomarius; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. |
Oldness | Adjective: old, ancient, antique; of long standing, time-honored, venerable; elder, eldest; firstborn. |
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Screenplays | I am the elder son of his brother, and so am rightfully king (Attila; writing credit: Robert Cochran) I'm elder Young and this is elder White (Orgazmo; writing credit: Trey Parker) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Elder Citizen (1956) The Elder Brother (1937) Chegada de Ruth Elder (1927) The Elder Miss Blossom (1918) Elder Scrolls III: Bloodmoon (2003) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Marsh Elder - Iva frutescens at South Cape Beach. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Master Sgt. Leonard Broughton (Left) and his son Airman 1st Class Scott Broughton witnessed together the younger Broughton's first-flight and the elder Broughton's last flight on-board a C-130 Hercules, Oct. 27. Sergeant Broughton, a C-130 flight engineer. |
 | Elderberry, the edible berrylike drupe of an elder. Credit: T. Hogervorst. |  | Elder Native Alaskan Woman. Credit: Alaska Historical Image Library. |
 | Lillian Evanti as Violetta and William Franklin as the elder Germont in act 2 of National Negro Opera Company production of La Traviata. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Mormon farm family, members of FSA (Farm Security Administration) dental cooperative, in dentist's office. Tremonton, Box Elder County, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Threshing barley. Box Elder County, Utah. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The father of Mr. Hubbard, a Negro tenant farmer planting tobacco. The elder Mr. Hubbard is too old to work. Near Farrington, North Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Section no. 1, The International Religious Congress of Triumph, The Church and Kingdom of God in Christ, lasting fifty days beginning July 20, 1919, Elder E. D. Smith, Apostle. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Welcome our elder brothers and sisters to the countryside. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
Cato The Elder | Speech is the gift of all, but the thought of few. |
Pliny The Elder | Home is where the heart is. |
| The happier the moment the shorter. | |
| The master's eye is the best fertilizer. | |
| The only certainty is that nothing is certain. | |
| The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. | |
| Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great. | |
| The enjoyments of this life are not equal to its evils. | |
William Pitt The Elder | Where law ends, tyranny begins. |
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John Locke | 1690 | Thus, whether a family by degrees grew up into a common-wealth, and the fatherly authority being continued on to the elder son, every one in his turn growing up under it, tacitly submitted to it, and the easiness and equality of it not offending any one, every one acquiesced, till time seemed to have confirmed it, and settled a right of succession by prescription: or whether several families, or the descendants of several families, whom chance, neighbourhood, or business brought together, uniting into society, the need of a general, whose conduct might defend them against their enemies in war, and the great confidence the innocence and sincerity of that poor but virtuous age, (such as are almost all those which begin governments, that ever come to last in the world) gave men one of another, made the first beginners of commonwealths generally put the rule into one man's hand, without any other express limitation or restraint, but what the nature of the thing, and the end of government required: which ever of those it was that at first put the rule into the hands of a single person, certain it is no body was intrusted with it but for the public good and safety, and to those ends, in the infancies of commonwealths, those who had it commonly used it. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | Even the elder traveler looked excited |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Gillenormand the elder was considerable |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | No person dined with the Queen but the two Princesses Royal, the elder sixteen years old, and the younger at that time thirteen and a month |
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Civil Liberties | Cote d'Ivoire | On June 20, two unknown men entered the house of Tape Koulou, the founder of the extremist daily Le National, and shot and killed his elder sister, Tape Ziadou Madeleine, and a friend of the family, Takore Clovis Desire. (references) |
Economic History | Kenya | A small but significant leftist opposition party, the Kenya People's Union (KPU), was formed in 1966, led by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, a former vice president and Luo elder. (references) |
Tanzania | One of Africa's best-known elder statesmen, Nyerere was personally active in many of these organizations, and served chairman of the OAU (1984-85) and chairman of six front-line states concerned with eliminating apartheid in Southern Africa. (references) | |
Human Rights | Argentina | The elder Bonafini declined to meet with the Under Secretary for Human Rights about the case, and she and her daughter refused protection offered by the Government because they believed that security forces were responsible for the attack. (references) |
Political Rights | Turkmenistan | In 1999 the Elder Council (Halk Maslahaty) proposed, and the newly elected Parliament approved, a law making an exception to the constitutionally mandated maximum of two 5-year terms for the President; however, the exception only applies to Niyazov, as the country's first president, conferring on him a lifetime term in office. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | WOMAN, n. An animal usually living in the vicinity of Man, and having a rudimentary susceptibility to domestication. It is credited by many of the elder zoologists with a certain vestigial docility acquired in a former state of seclusion, but naturalists of the postsusananthony period, having no knowledge of the seclusion, deny the virtue and declare that such as creation's dawn beheld, it roareth now. The species is the most widely distributed of all beasts of prey, infesting all habitable parts of the globe, from Greeland's spicy mountains to India's moral strand. The popular name (wolfman) is incorrect, for the creature is of the cat kind. The woman is lithe and graceful in its movement, especially the American variety (felis pugnans), is omnivorous and can be taught not to talk. Balthasar Pober |
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Gerald Ford | Some call me an elder statesman. I don't know. I don't mind telling you that I'm not ready to quit yet! |
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| "Elder" is generally used as an adjective (comparative) -- approximately 66.72% of the time. "Elder" is used about 1,354 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (comparative) | 66.72% | 903 | 7,927 |
| Noun (singular) | 32.32% | 438 | 13,172 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.89% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Unclassified Items | 0.07% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,354 | N/A |
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| The following table summarizes the usage of "elder" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Elder | Last name | 12,000 | 1,005 |
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| "Elder" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "to be clear". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "Elder." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Elder | Male | Portuguese | Helder |
| Helder | Male | Portuguese | N/A |
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Expressions using "elder": agrippina the Elder ♦ american elder ♦ american red elder ♦ black elder ♦ blue elder ♦ box Elder ♦ box Elder County ♦ Breughel the Elder ♦ burweed marsh elder ♦ California box elder ♦ common elder ♦ Cosimo the Elder ♦ cyrus the Elder ♦ Dionysius the Elder ♦ Dwarf elder ♦ Edward the Elder ♦ Elder Abuse ♦ elder berry ♦ elder brother ♦ elder days ♦ Elder hand ♦ elder pith ♦ elder shrub ♦ elder sister ♦ elder statesman ♦ elder te ♦ Elder tree ♦ european elder ♦ european red elder ♦ Fore elder ♦ Glen Elder ♦ Holbein the Elder ♦ Lay elder ♦ marsh elder ♦ old World elder ♦ pepper elder ♦ Pieter Brueghel the Elder ♦ Pitt the Elder ♦ poison elder ♦ presiding elder ♦ rose elder ♦ ruling elder ♦ Scipio the Elder ♦ stinking elder ♦ strauss the Elder ♦ sweet elder ♦ water elder ♦ wild elder. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "elder": elder-brother, elder-dominated, elder-statesman. | |
Ending with "elder": Duke-Elder, ground-elder, oak-elder, Taylor-elder. | |
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| Language | Translations for "elder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | vlierboom. (various references) | |
Albanian | urtar, shtog, plak i fisit, më i madh (better, eldest, imperial, major, maximal, maximum, more, ranking), kryetar (chairman, chairperson, chief, chieftain, coryphaeus, director, governor, head, headman, leader, moderator, president, principal, ringleader, speaker, standard bearer), i moshuar (advanced in years, declining, old, ripe). (various references) | |
Arabic | شيخ (chief, sheik), سابق (antecedent, anterior, back, ex-, fore, foregoing, former, harbinger, last, once, past, preamble, preceding, preliminary, previous, prior, quondam, race), زعيم (bell wether, boss, captain, chief, cob, head, leader, pacemaker, primate, ruler), أكبر سنا (senior), أسن, راشد (adult, grown up, legally major, major, mature, orthodox, reasonable, sensible, sober), رئيس (boss, chef, chief, head, leader, president, reis, ruler). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | старши (doyen, head, headman, major, premier, ranking, senior, superior), старейшина (presbyter), бъз, по-стар, по-възрастен. (various references) | |
Chinese | 長老 , 長 (always, chief, constantly, forever, head, length, long, to develop, to grow), 长辈 (seniority). (various references) | |
Czech | starší (above an age, advanced in years, elderly, senior, sr), radní (alderman, councillor), bez (minus, past, sans, without), èerný bez. (various references) | |
Danish | hyld, almindelig hyld. (various references) | |
Dutch | vlier, ouder (father, mother, older, parent). (various references) | |
Esperanto | sambuko, pli aĝa (older). (various references) | |
Farsi | ارشدکلیسا, ارشد (Classy, Commander, Eldest, Major, Senior, Superior), شیخ کلیسا, بزرگتر (Headman, Major, Paramount, Senior). (various references) | |
Finnish | selja (red-berried elder), mustaselja (black elder). (various references) | |
French | sureau (elderberry). (various references) | |
Frisian | flear. (various references) | |
German | holunder, älterer. (various references) | |
Greek | κουφωξυλιά, κουφοξυλιά (black elder), γεροντότεροσ, μελανός σαμπούκος (black elder), ζαμπούκος (black elder), ακταία, αφροξυλιά (black elder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מבו'ר (adult, grown up, mature), זקן (aged, chieftain, graybeard, greybeard, old, old fogey, old man, oldster), בכיר (major, senior, superior), סב (granddad, grandfather, grandpa, grandpapa, old man). (various references) | |
Hungarian | presbiter (lay elder, presbyter), idõsebb (Sen, senior), bodzafa. (various references) | |
Indonesian | pembina (builder, coach, highest, maker), lebih tua (senior). (various references) | |
Italian | sambuco (lilac). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 先輩 (older, senior at work or school, superior). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ふろう (perennial youth, unearned, vagabondage, vagrancy, wander around), せ"ぱい (defeat in war, older graduate, old-timer, progenitor, senior, superior). (various references) | |
Korean | 연장자. (various references) | |
Manx | tramman (amiss, entangled, foul, foul as rope, tangled), mooarey (big), fer reill (ruler). (various references) | |
Maori | kaumaatua-tia. (various references) | |
Norwegian | eldst (eldest), eldre. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | elderay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | senior (senior), sabugueiro, pessoa idosa, mais velho (eldest, older, senior), mais antigo (senior), idoso (aged, ancient, elderly, old, old-aged), de posição mais elevada (senior), de categoria superior (senior, topping), ancião (ancient). (various references) | |
Romanian | strãmoşi (ancestors, ancestry, great-grandfathers, parentage, people, root), soc, premergãtor (forerunner, preceding, precursory, predecessor), mai mare (major), mai bãtrân, mai în vârstã. (various references) | |
Russian | старший (head, high-order, major, oldest, senior, seniors, Snr Senior, superior, superiors, yardmaster), бузина (elderberry). (various references) | |
Scottish | druman. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zova, stariji (senior), starija osoba. (various references) | |
Sotho | moholwane (elder brother). (various references) | |
Spanish | saúco, mayor (adult, better, big, bigger, boss, capital, chief, elderly, greater, high, higher, main, major, older, sacred, senior, utmost). (various references) | |
Swedish | fläder (elder berry), äldre (elderly, eldery, major, older, oldish, senior). (various references) | |
Thai | แก่กว่า, ผู้อาวุโส. (various references) | |
Turkish | yaşlı kimse, yaşça büyük kimse, yaşça büyük (senior), mürver (elder berry), kıdemli kimse (old timer, senior), kıdemli (highly placed, prior, senior, vet, veteran), daha yaşlı (older, senior), büyük (almighty, ample, big, bulky, capacious, capital, cyclopean, enormous, exalted, extended, grand, grand-, great, great-, handsome, healthy, high, keen, large, large scale, long, macro-, magniloquent, major, mega-, megalo-, mighty, no end, no end of, older, out, precious, rousing, senior, smart, star, stout, sublime, swingeing, wide), ata (ancestor, ataturk, father, forbear, forebear, forefather, forerunner, predecessor, progenitor, sire). (various references) | |
Turkmen | яaюuly. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | старійшина (ancient, doyen, patriarch), старший (arch-, ayne, captain, chief, senior), старовинний (antiquarian, antique, early, eldest, old, old time, old world, pristine, vintage), старець (abraham-man, beggar, cadger, mumper, panhandler), сенатор (senator). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nhiều tuổi hơn. (various references) | |
Welsh | ysgawen, henuriad (presbyter), blaenor (leader). (various references) | |
Yucatec | suku'un (brother, elder brother), kiik (elder sister, sister). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ab-ba, bur-šu-ma, gal. (various references) |
| Akkadian | 3000 BCE-Modern | puršumu, rabû. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | presbyteri, presbyteris, presbyterorum, presbyteros, presbyterum, sambucus, SAMBUCUS MEXICANA, Sambucus nigra, senior. (various references) |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | presbyter. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Romans Chapter 9, Verse 12 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Errhqh auth oti o meizwn douleusei tw elassoni |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Non ex operibus sed ex vocante dictum est ei quia maior serviet minori |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | Nat þurh werc ac þurh hine þe awecð"þa wearð hire gesægd, "Ieldre sceall þeowian geongrum." |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Not of werkis, but of God clepynge, it was seid to hym, |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | It was sayde vnto her not by the reason of workes but by grace of ye caller: the elder shall serve the yonger. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | It was said unto her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | It was said to her, The elder shall serve the younger. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | It was said to her, The older will be the servant of the younger. |
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| Language | Romans Chapter 9, Verse 12 |
| Cebuano | siya si Rebeca daan nang giingnan, "Ang magulang magaalagad sa manghud." |
| Chinese | 神 就 對 利 百 說 、 『 將 來 大 的 要 服 事 小 的 。 』 |
| Croatian | ne po djelima, nego po onome tko poziva - reèeno joj je: Stariji æe služiti mlaðemu, |
| Danish | sagt til hende: ""Den ældste skal tjene den yngste,"" |
| Dutch | Zo werd tot haar gezegd: De meerdere zal den mindere dienen. |
| Finnish | sanottiin hänelle: "Vanhempi on palveleva nuorempaa", |
| French | il fut dit Rébecca: L`aîné sera assujetti au plus jeune; selon qu`il est écrit: |
| German | nicht aus Verdienst der Werke, sondern aus Gnade des Berufers, ward zu ihr gesagt: "Der Ältere soll dienstbar werden dem Jüngeren", |
| Haitian Creole | Men, Bondye gen jan pa l' pou l' chwazi moun. Bondye pa chwazi yon moun paske moun lan fè anyen pou sa, men paske Bondye vle chwazi li. Enben, pou fè nou wè se konsa li toujou fè, Bondye pale ak Rebeka anvan menm timoun yo te fèt, anvan menm yo te fè anyen ni an byen ni an mal. Li di l' konsa: Pi gran an gen pou sèvi pi piti a. |
| Hungarian | Megmondatott néki, hogy: A nagyobbik szolgál a kisebbiknek. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah sudah mengatakan kepada Ribka, "Yang tua akan melayani yang muda." |
| Italian | le fu dichiarato: Il maggiore sar sottomesso al minore, |
| Maori | Ka korerotia ki a ia, Ko te tuakana hei pononga ma te teina: |
| Norwegian | da blev det sagt til henne: Den eldste skal tjene den yngste; |
| Portuguese | foi-lhe dito: O maior servirá o menor. |
| Rumanian | s`a zis Rebecii: ,,Cel mai mare va fi rob celui mai mic``, |
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| Spanish | no de las obras sino del que llama--, a ella se le dijo: "El mayor servirá al menor", |
| Swahili | Rebeka aliambiwa kwamba yule mtoto wa kwanza atamtumikia yule wa nyuma. Hivyo uchaguzi wa Mungu unategemea jinsi anavyoita mwenyewe, na si matendo ya binadamu. |
| Swedish | det ordet: "Den äldre skall tjäna den yngre." |
| Uma | Nto'u-na Ribka neo' mo'ana' -mi, Alata'ala mpo'uli' -ki: "Ana' ulumua' -nu mpai' mengkoru hi tu'ai-na." Nto'u pololita toe, ana' to rodua toe ko'ia-ra putu, pai' ko'ia-ra mpobabehi napa-napa to lompe' ba to dada'a. Tapi' nto'u toe-mi Alata'ala mpakatantu ami' to'uma to napelihi mporata gane' -na. Patuju Alata'ala mpobabehi hewa toe, bona monoto mpu'u tahilo: ane Alata'ala mpopelihi tauna jadi' bagia-na, uma-ra napelihi sabana po'ingku-ra. Napelihi-rale ngkai kabotu' -na moto-hawo. |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "elder": elderberries, elderberry, elderlies, elderliness, elderlinesses, elderly, elders, eldership, elderships. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "elder": fielder, gelder, infielder, melder, midfielder, outfielder, shielder, welder, wielder, yielder. (additional references) | |
Words containing "elder": fielders, gelders, infielders, melders, midfielders, outfielders, shielders, welders, wielders, yielders. (additional references) | |
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"Elder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: eder, edere, Edery, edir, edle, edled, edler, edor, edre, eelde, Egler, elde, eld-er, eldery, eldex, eldia, eldip, Eldor, Eldra, Eled, eler, Elera, Elert, Elfel, Elger, elider, Elner, Elwert, emder, Eyler, Feldberg, felder, Geldorf, Helldorf, leder, Lehder, Lledr, Nelder, Oelde, redler, ulder, Uludere. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "elder" (pronounced e"lder) |
| 4 | e" l d er | Gelder, melder, welder. |
| 3 | -l d er | Alder, balder, beholder, bewilder, bolder, bondholder, boulder, builder, cardholder, colder, fielder, folder, freeholder, Gilder, Golder, guilder, Holder, householder, infielder, landholder, milder, molder, moulder, officeholder, older, outfielder, polder, policyholder, shareholder, shipbuilder, shoulder, smolder, stakeholder, stockholder, titleholder, wilder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-l-r" | |
-1 letter: deer, dele, dere, dree, leer, rede, reed, reel. | |
-2 letters: dee, del, eel, eld, ere, led, lee, red, ree. | |
-3 letters: de, ed, el, er, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-l-r" | |
+1 letter: dealer, delver, dueler, elders, eluder, gelder, leader, ledger, leered, lender, lewder, lieder, melder, pedler, reddle, redleg, reeled, relend, relied, repled, reweld, welder. | |
+2 letters: alerted, altered, bleared, bleeder, blender, cleared, clerked, creedal, creeled, dealers, declare, deerfly, defiler, delayer, deliver, deluder, delvers, deplore, dreidel, duelers, dueller, dweller, elderly, eldress, eluders, emerald, federal, feruled, fielder, fleered, gelders, grueled, lagered, layered, leaders, leadier, learned, ledgers, ledgier, leeward, lenders, levered, lowered, meddler, melders, modeler, needler, pearled, peddler, pedlers, pedlery, periled, pleader, pledger, prelude, raveled, reblend, reddled, reddles, redlegs, redline, reedily, refiled, regaled, reglued, relaced, related, relaxed, relayed, relends, relined, relived, relumed, remodel, reoiled, replead, replied, resiled, resoled, retiled, reveled, reviled, rewelds, roweled, sledder, slender, treadle, trebled, treddle, ulcered, urodele, velured, welders, wergeld, wielder, yielder, yodeler. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Usage Frequency 14. Names: Frequency 15. Names: Derived from 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Derivations 22. Rhymes 23. Anagrams 24. Bibliography |
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