elder

1. A person who is older than you are (synset 110068026)
   is a type of: adult, grownup - a fully developed person from maturity onward
   subtypes:

   • dean, doyen - a man who is the senior member of a group
   • doyenne - a woman who is the senior member of a group
   same as: senior
2. Any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit (synset 112698985)
   is a type of: bush, shrub - a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems
   subtypes:

   • american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet elder - common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
   • blue elder, blue elderberry, sambucus caerulea - shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
   • danewort, dwarf elder, sambucus ebulus - dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
   • black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, european elder, sambucus nigra - a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
   • american red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus pubens, stinking elder - common North American shrub or small tree
   • european red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus racemosa - Eurasian shrub
   belongs to: genus sambucus, sambucus - elder; elderberry
   same as: elderberry bush
3. Any of various church officers (synset 110068175)
   is a type of: church officer - a church official
   subtypes: presbyter - an elder in the Presbyterian Church

1. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son (synset 302107311)
   "Bill Adams, Sr."
   similar to: senior - older; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service
   same as: older, sr.

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