Synonyms for elders
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : el-der |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈɛl dər |
Top 10 synonyms for elders Other synonyms for the word elders
Définition of elders
Origin :- "more old," Old English (Mercian) eldra, comparative of eald, ald (see old); only English survival of umlaut in comparison. Superseded by older since 16c. Elder statesman (1921) originally was a translation of Japanese genro (plural).
- noun older person
- I know not what the world is coming to, when young maids may flout their elders.
- Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- Who cared what three half-grown boys did, while the elders were busy with their Mysteries.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- But in those days boys were expected to be silent in the presence of their elders.
- Extract from : « Biographical Stories » by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- They are victims of their elders' folly, of our carelessness as to their environment.
- Extract from : « The Call of the Twentieth Century » by David Starr Jordan
- The days when men bore their guns to church were now but a memory among the elders.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- It's the elders' business, an' between you an' me, I don't think it's going on much longer.
- Extract from : « American Notes » by Rudyard Kipling
- He was baptized by Robert McLaren, one of the elders of the church.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
- I went among them, accompanied only by an interpreter, and asked where their sultan and elders were.
- Extract from : « Freeland » by Theodor Hertzka
- But here are young men who will find the fire if their elders bring the brains.
- Extract from : « Micah Clarke » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- This being disapproved of by the elders, the door was kept carefully closed.
- Extract from : « Concerning Cats » by Helen M. Winslow
Antonyms for elders
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