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(1) Old in experience

"An old offender"

"The older soldiers"

(2) 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"

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

"Bill Adams, Sr."

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older

Elder, senior.
- My older brother and I are Catholic twins. He’s older by eleven months, not quite a year older than me.
Elderly.
- The thoughtful lad helped an older lady across the street.