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elder

adjective noun

used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

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Word length
5
Starts with
E
Ends with
R
Contains
LD
Scrabble score
6
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

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adjective

  1. used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

    “Bill Adams, Sr.”

noun

  1. a person who is older than you are

noun

  1. any of various church officers

noun

  1. any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical Northern Hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

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Bill Adams, Sr.

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