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Specifically, a supporter of the claims of the elder branch of the Bourbon dynasty to the crown of France.

entlewoman; -- an appellation or courteous form of address given to a lady, especially an elderly or a married lady; -- much used in the address, at the beginning of a letter, to a woman. The corresponding word in addressing a man is Sir.

having purple flowers, and found growing in marshy places; marsh five- finger. -- Marsh elder. (Bot.) (a) The guelder-rose or cranberry tree (Viburnum Opulus). (b) In the United States, a composite shrub growing in salt marshes (Iva frutescens). -- Marsh five-finger. (Bot.) See Marsh cinquefoil (above). -- Marsh ga…

Of or pertaining to a matron; suitable to an elderly lady or to a married woman; grave; motherly.

Advanced in years; elderly.

Of or pertaining to the sect of Methodists; as, Methodist hymns; a Methodist elder.

Lawful issue born in wedlock, in distinction from an elder brother born of the same parents before their marriage; a lawful son.

The part of the field beyond the diamond, or infield. It is occupied by the fielders.

wicket, after which the ball is bowled from behing the other wicket as many times, the fielders changing places.

he world, while it had scarcity of people, underwent no other dominion than paternity and eldership. Sir W. Raleigh.

A venerable old man; an elder. Also used figuratively. The patriarch hoary, the sage of his kith and the hamlet. Longfellow. The monarch oak, the partiarch of trees. Dryde.

d for a strict and formal observance of rites and ceremonies and of the traditions of the elders, and whose pretensions to superior sanctity led them to separate themselves from the other Jews.

In piquet, the right of the elder hand to count thirty in hand, or to play before the adversary counts one.

A fielder who is stationed on the off side, about twelve or fifteen yards from, and a little in advance of, the batsman.

ub of the genus Rhus (R. venenata); -- also called poison ash, poison dogwood, and poison elder. It has pinnate leaves on graceful and slender common petioles, and usually grows in swampy places. Both this plant and the poison ivy (Rhus Toxicodendron) have clusters of smooth greenish white berries, while the red-fruite…

younger son, if born after the accession of his father to the throne, was preferred to an elder son who was not so born. Sir T. Palgrave.

An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.

A body of elders in the early Christian church.

a. & n. from Preside. Presiding elder. See under 2d Elder.

A presbyter elder; a minister; specifically: