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elder: I. noun II. adjective and adverb
elder: noun
old: I. adjective and adverb II. noun
old age: noun
Old Bill: noun
old boy: noun
old-established: adjective and adverb
old-fashioned: adjective and adverb
old flame: noun
old girl: noun
old hand: noun
old lady: noun
old maid: noun
old-maidish: adjective and adverb
old man: noun
old master: noun
old-style: adjective and adverb
old-timer: noun
old-age pension: noun
old-age pensioner: noun

I . elder¹ [ˈeldəɐ, Am -dɚ] N

1. elder (older person):

she is my elder by two years

она́ на́ два го́да ста́рше меня́

2. elder HISTORY, REL:

elder

старе́йшина m

elder

церко́вный ста́роста m

village elder

старе́йшина дере́вни

Pliny the Elder

Пли́ний Ста́рший

II . elder¹ [ˈeldəɐ, Am -dɚ] ADJ attr

elder

ста́рший

elder statesman

пожило́й госуда́рственный де́ятель (сове́тник управля́ющих)

elder² [ˈeldəɐ, Am -dɚ] N BOT

elder

бузина́ f

I . old <-er, -est> [əʊld, Am oʊld] ADJ

1. old (not young, new):

old

to grow older

соста́риться

to collect old clothes

собира́ть ста́рую оде́жду

2. old (denoting an age):

how old is she?

ско́лько ей лет?

six years old

ей шесть лет

to be old enough to do sth

быть доста́точно взро́слым, что́бы де́лать что-ли́бо

3. old (former):

old

пре́жний

4. old (long known):

давни́шний

Phrases:

in the (good) old days

в ста́рые до́брые времена́

to be as old as the hills

о́чень ста́рый

II . old [əʊld, Am oʊld] N (elderly people)

the old pl

старики́

old age N

ста́рость f

in one's old age

в прекло́нном во́зрасте

Old Bill N no pl Brit inf

полице́йский m

поли́ция f

old boy N

1. old boy Brit inf (old man):

стари́к m

2. old boy Aus, Brit (former pupil):

бы́вший учени́к m

old-established [ˌəʊldɪˈstæblɪʃt] ADJ

old-established

давно́ устано́вленный

old-fashioned [ˌəʊldˈfæʃnd] ADJ pej

1. old-fashioned (out):

old-fashioned clothes, views

старомо́дный

2. old-fashioned (traditional):

old-fashioned

традицио́нный

old flame N inf

ста́рая любо́вь f

old girl N

1. old girl Brit inf (old woman):

стару́шка f

2. old girl Aus, Brit (former pupil):

бы́вшая учени́ца f

old hand N

to be an old hand (at sth)

быть знатоко́м чего́-ли́бо

to be an old hand (at sth)

име́ть о́пыт в чём-ли́бо

old lady N inf (one's wife, mother)

жена́ или мать f

old maid N pej

ста́рая де́ва f

old-maidish [ˌəʊldˈmeɪdɪʃ] ADJ pej

old-maidish

характе́рный для ста́рой де́вы

old man N inf (husband, father)

муж или оте́ц m

old master N ART

карти́на f изве́стного худо́жника пери́ода 15-18 веко́в

old-style ADJ

старомо́дный

в ста́ром сти́ле

old-timer [ˈəʊldtaɪməɐ, Am ˈoʊldtaɪmɚ] N Am inf

старожи́л m

old-timer (when addressing man)

стари́к m

old-age pension N

old-age pension

пе́нсия f по ста́рости

old-age pensioner N

old-age pensioner

пенсионе́р(ка) m(f) по ста́рости

Usage examples with elder

village elder

старе́йшина дере́вни

elder statesman

пожило́й госуда́рственный де́ятель (сове́тник управля́ющих)

Pliny the Elder

Пли́ний Ста́рший

she is my elder by two years

она́ на́ два го́да ста́рше меня́

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Children, it used to be cruelly recited, by elder smote stick than carrot, should be seen, but not heard. blogs.crikey.com.au

He was an elder in the Presbyterian church. en.wikipedia.org

At this time, she also became active in equal rights activism, minority and elder rights. en.wikipedia.org

Now, you've inherited the remaining resources of your father and your elder brother. en.wikipedia.org

The governor of the province was supposed to appoint a commune elder, "kamnan" or "phan". en.wikipedia.org

Despite extreme physical hardships the few remaining elder nuns are striving to pass on their spiritual heritage to a new generation. en.wikipedia.org

Accompanying her is her sole blood relation her elder brother. en.wikipedia.org

The elder may have married but no wife nor issue are known; the younger fell into dissolute ways and never married. en.wikipedia.org

Widow remarriage is freely allowed, and younger brother may take his elder brother's widow to wife if he chooses. en.wikipedia.org

The brown, twig-like larva feeds on a variety of trees and shrubs including elder, hawthorn, honeysuckle and ivy. en.wikipedia.org

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