1. (

• elder ,
• senior ,

) a person who is older than you are ;

2. (

• elder ,
• elderberry_bush

) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit ;

3. (

• elder ,

) any of various church officers ;

1. (

• elder ,
• older ,
• sr.

) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr." ;