Elderman

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A male elder (leader of tribe or community).

    "Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them."

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acolytebeadleclerkdeaconelderlector

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"Hrothgar and his eldermen lived happily in Hereot Hall until the day that Grendel, a living fiend out of Hell, a Satan who ruled over swamps and marshes, came stalking toward them."

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