‘my _elder_ daughter’

‘the _elder_ of the two sons’

‘Pliny the _Elder_ ’

‘Dowd was a White House reporter under the _elder_ Bush.’

‘a council of village elders’

‘In Kabul, they were handed over to village chiefs and tribal elders who pledged to support the new administration.’

‘According to Mir Walijan, an aide to the Khost governor, Sabri elders had radioed the governor during the bombing for help.’

‘Those minds can only be changed by moderate and liberal Muslims - clerics, teachers, elders, respected community members.’

‘she was two years his _elder_ ’

‘He had a brother who was a Canon of Southwark Cathedral, and leaves a sister, a few years his _elder_ , who still lives in the family house in Surrey.’

‘Places vulnerable to casual damage or vandalism will need plants which, if broken, will grow again, such as willow, alder, shrub roses and _elder_ .’

‘An analogy would be that, in English folklore, the _elder_ plant has been used in countless different ways medicinally and for food.’

‘he left the Church of which he had been an _elder_ ’

‘George found time to be a church _elder_ , having been ordained in 1974.’

‘schoolchildren were no less fascinated than their elders’

‘Respect for one's parents - and one's elders, generally - is a central value in Korean life.’

‘Q. I have about 40 maple and box _elder_ trees on my lot.’

‘The floodplains contained cottonwood, willow, box _elder_ , and soft maple.’