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Definition of Older
1. Adjective. Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables). "Senior citizen"
2. Adjective. Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son. "Bill Adams, Sr."
3. Adjective. Skilled through long experience. "The older soldiers"
Definition of Older
1. Adjective. (comparative of old), elder, senior ¹
2. Adjective. elderly ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Older
1. old [adj] - See also: old
Lexicographical Neighbors of Older
Literary usage of Older
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Korea by OECD Staff (2004)
"The timing and size of this fall and its impact on economic growth will depend
crucially on future trends in the participation rates of older workers. ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1905)
""The 'Babylon' version of the creation story rests on an older tale, which
originated in Nippur, and in which the chief god of that city, who was. called ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The next stage was also alike in all the provinces of older Canada except Lower
Canada. ... Profiting, perhaps, by the experience of the older provinces, ..."
4. Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare (1912)
"They fill the stage, young men and women, older people, beggars, hawkers, children.
Flavius and Marullus keep R and RC; the rest of the crowd mostly L and ..."
5. The German Language: Outlines of Its Development by Tobias Johann Casjen Diekhoff (1914)
"This may reflect an older usage in which the article was not so common, being at
that ... older Forms Preserved. older declensional forms are preserved in ..."
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