Definitions for older

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. aged, elderly, older, senior(adj)

    advanced in years; (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

    "aged members of the society"; "elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper"; "senior citizen"

  2. elder, older, sr.(adj)

    used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

    "Bill Adams, Sr."

  3. old, older(adj)

    skilled through long experience

    "an old offender"; "the older soldiers"

Wiktionary

  1. older(Adjective)

    , elder, senior

    My older brother and I are Catholic twins. Heu2019s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.

  2. older(Adjective)

    elderly

    The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.


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