adj.
1.used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son
2.older brother or sister elder n.
1.a person who is older than you are
2.any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit
3.any of various church officers
Idiom of the Day
cut off one's nose to spite one's face
to make things worse for oneself because you are angry at someone else
The man is cutting off his nose to spite his face. Taking revenge on his neighbor will only cause him more problems.