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Older

//ˈoʊldɚ// adj, name

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of old: more old, elder, senior comparative, form-of

    "My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me."

  2. 2
    elderly not-comparable

    "The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street."

Adjective
  1. 1
    skilled through long experience wordnet
  2. 2
    advanced in years; (‘aged’ is pronounced as two syllables) wordnet
  3. 3
    used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.

Etymology

Variant of Alder.

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