An elder is someone with a degree of seniority or authority.

Elder or elders may refer to:

• Elder (administrative title), a position of authority

• North American Indigenous elder, a person who has and transmits cultural and philosophical knowledge
  • Haudenosaunee Clan Mother
• Australian Aboriginal elder, one who has gained recognition as a custodian of knowledge and lore, often a leader in administrative matters

• "The elder", author of the Johannine epistles 2 John and 3 John in the New Testament
• Elder (Christianity), a person valued for their wisdom and, in some churches and denominations, holding an administrative or oversight role
  • Elder (Methodist), an ordained minister with responsibilities to preach and teach
  • Elder (Anglican), a learned minister with responsibilities to teach and/or innovate
  • Elder (Latter Day Saints), a priesthood office in the Melchizedek priesthood
• Thero or Elder, an honorific term for senior Buddhist nuns and monks

Antarctica

• Elder Bluff, Palmer Land
• Elder Glacier, Victoria Land
• Elder Peak, Oates Land
• Mount Elder, South Shetland Islands

Australia

• Elder Range, part of the Flinders Ranges in South Australia
• Electoral district of Elder, South Australia
• Elder Park, Adelaide, South Australia

Canada

• Elder Island, Nunavut

USA

• Elder, Georgia
• Elder Township, Cambria County, Pennsylvania

• Elder (band), a rock/metal band from Boston
• Elders (Charmed), characters in the Charmed television series
• Elders of the Universe, supervillains appearing in Marvel Comics
• Mole Man or Harvey Rupert Elder, a fictional character in Marvel Comics
• The Elder, an independent film adaptation of the 1981 Kiss concept album Music from "The Elder
• "The Elder" (Star Wars: Visions), an episode of Star Wars: Visions

• Elder (surname), a list of people
• Elder (given name), a list of people
• Élder (footballer) (born 1976), a Brazilian former footballer Élder Alencar Machado de Campos
• List of people known as the Elder or the Younger

• Box elder, Acer negundo, North American species of maple
• Ground elder (Aegopodium podagraria), common edible garden perennial, widely considered a weed
• Yellow elder (Tecoma stans), flowering perennial shrub in the trumpet vine family
• Sambucus, also known as elder or elderberry, a genus of fast-growing shrubs or small trees
• Marsh elder or Iva, a genus of wind-pollinated plants in the daisy family

• Elder (constructor), a former racing car constructor
• The Elders (organization), an international non-governmental organisation of statesmen, peace activists, and human rights advocates
• USS Elder (AN-20), a US Navy World War II anti-submarine net laying ship
• Elder High School, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Elders Limited, an Australian agribusiness company
• Elder Pharmaceuticals, a company headquartered in Mumbai, India
• An old English word for udder

• Council of Elders (disambiguation)
• Eldership (disambiguation)
• Eider (disambiguation)
• Alder (disambiguation)
• Elderly, adjective for people with ages nearing or surpassing the life expectancy of human beings
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