Elder



noun
1.
(an older person, an ancestor, an officer in an early Christian church and in some Protestant church and in some Protestant churches) He's my elder បង, អ្នកមានអាយុចាស់ជាង, ចាស់ច្បង an elder of the tribe ចាស់ទុំ
Example: He is her elder by several years.
adjective
1.
(older, senior) ដែលមានអាយុចាស់ជាង
ENGLISH MEANING
noun
1.
An aged person; one who lived at an earlier period; a predecessor.
2.
A person who, on account of his age, occupies the office of ruler or judge; hence, a person occupying any office appropriate to such as have the experience and dignity which age confers; as, the elders of Israel; the elders of the synagogue; the elders in the apostolic church.
3.
A clergyman authorized to administer all the sacraments; as, a traveling elder.
4.
A genus of shrubs (Sambucus) having broad umbels of white flowers, and small black or red berries.
adjective
1.
Older; more aged, or existing longer.
2.
Born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier; older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter, child, brother, etc.
3.
One who is older; a superior in age; a senior.
1.
ancestor, dignitary, patriarch, senior, superior, veteran