elder : Idioms & Phrases


agrippina the elder

  • noun granddaughter of Augustus and mother of Caligula and Agrippina the Younger (14 BC - AD 33)
    Agrippina.
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american elder

  • noun common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
    black elderberry; American elder; Sambucus canadensis.
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american red elder

  • noun common North American shrub or small tree
    American red elder; Sambucus pubens; red-berried elder.
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black elder

  • noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    black elder; bourtree; elderberry; common elder; Sambucus nigra.
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blue elder

  • noun shrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
    blue elderberry; Sambucus caerulea.
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Box elder

  • noun common shade tree of eastern and central United States
    Acer negundo; ash-leaved maple.
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  • the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), of North America.
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breughel the elder

  • noun Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
    Brueghel; Breughel; Pieter Breughel; Pieter Brueghel; Pieter Bruegel; Bruegel; Breughel the Elder.
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burweed marsh elder

  • noun tall annual marsh elder common in moist rich soil in central North America that can cause contact dermatitis; produces much pollen that is a major cause of hay fever
    false ragweed; Iva xanthifolia.
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california box elder

  • noun maple of the Pacific coast of the United States; fruits are white when mature
    Acer negundo Californicum.
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common elder

  • noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    black elder; bourtree; elderberry; common elder; Sambucus nigra.
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cosimo the elder

  • noun Italian financier and statesman and friend of the papal court (1389-1464)
    Cosimo de Medici.
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cyrus the elder

  • noun king of Persia and founder of the Persian Empire (circa 600-529 BC)
    Cyrus the Great; Cyrus II.
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dionysius the elder

  • noun the tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
    Dionysius.
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Dwarf elder

  • noun dwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor
    danewort; Sambucus ebulus.
  • noun bristly herb of eastern and central North America having black fruit and medicinal bark
    bristly sarsaparilla; bristly sarsparilla; Aralia hispida.
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  • (Bot.), danewort.
  • . See Danewort.
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edward the elder

  • noun king of Wessex whose military success against the Danes made it possible for his son Athelstan to become the first king of all England (870-924)
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Elder hand

  • noun the card player on the dealer's left
    eldest hand.
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  • (Card Playing), the hand playing, or having the right to play, first.
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elder statesman

  • noun any influential person whose advice is highly respected
  • noun an elderly statesman whose advice is sought be government leaders
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Elder tree

  • . (Bot.) Same as Elder. Shak.
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european elder

  • noun a common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies
    black elder; bourtree; elderberry; common elder; Sambucus nigra.
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european red elder

  • noun Eurasian shrub
    Sambucus racemosa; European red elder.
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Fore elder

  • an ancestor. Prov. Eng.
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holbein the elder

  • noun German painter of religious works (1465-1524)
    Holbein; Hans Holbein.
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Lay elder

  • . See 2d Elder, 3, note.
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Marsh elder

  • noun any of various coarse shrubby plants of the genus Iva with small greenish flowers; common in moist areas (as coastal salt marshes) of eastern and central North America
    iva.
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  • . (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus) . (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens).
  • the cranberry tree Viburnum Opulus).
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Pepper elder

  • (Bot.), a West Indian name of several plants of the Pepper family, species of Piper and Peperomia.
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pieter brueghel the elder

  • noun Flemish painter of landscapes (1525-1569)
    Brueghel; Breughel; Pieter Breughel; Pieter Brueghel; Pieter Bruegel; Bruegel; Breughel the Elder.
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pitt the elder

  • noun English statesman who brought the Seven Years' War to an end (1708-1778)
    First Earl of Chatham; Pitt; William Pitt.
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pliny the elder

  • noun Roman author of an encyclopedic natural history; died while observing the eruption of Vesuvius (23-79)
    Gaius Plinius Secundus; Pliny.
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Presiding elder

  • (Meth. Ch.), an elder commissioned by a bishop to have the oversight of the churches and preachers in a certain district.
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red-berried elder

  • noun Eurasian shrub
    Sambucus racemosa; European red elder.
  • noun common North American shrub or small tree
    American red elder; Sambucus pubens; red-berried elder.
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Rose elder

  • (Bot.), the Guelder-rose.
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Ruling elder

  • a lay presbyter or member of a Presbyterian church session.
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scipio the elder

  • noun Roman general who commanded the invasion of Carthage in the second Punic War and defeated Hannibal at Zama (circa 237-183 BC)
    Scipio Africanus; Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus Major; Scipio; Scipio Africanus Major; Publius Cornelius Scipio.
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stinking elder

  • noun common North American shrub or small tree
    American red elder; Sambucus pubens; red-berried elder.
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strauss the elder

  • noun Austrian composer of waltzes (1804-1849)
    Johann Strauss; Strauss.
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sweet elder

  • noun common elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies
    black elderberry; American elder; Sambucus canadensis.
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water elder

Wa"ter el"der
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  1. (Bot.) The guelder-rose.
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Wild elder

  • (Bot.), an American plant (Aralia hispida) of the Ginseng family.
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