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👴 Not young 🧑‍🦳 Senior by name
older

older

1.0
Used after a name to show the person born before another person with the same name
  • adjective
  • /ˈoʊldər/
  • Archaic
translation icon : mayor
  • My father is the older of the two men with the same name.
  • older man

Examples

  • But what do you know about his older brother Van?

  • This is the older brother of all of them.

  • Obviously with Rio as your older brother must have been mental.

  • And then I have my older brother O'Keefe.

  • I'M FRIENDS WITH HIS OLDER SISTER.

    Frostbite (2005)

  • - I'M YOUR OLDER SISTER, TED.

    Cheetah (1989)

  • SHE'S CLEARLY THE OLDER ONE.

    Crowsnest (2012)

  • SO AT NEXT SUNRISE, THE YOUNGER BROTHER RODE WITH HIS OLDER BROTHER ON HIS HORSE.

    The Sunchaser (1996)

  • HE MEANS THE OLDER GENTLEMAN.

    Cold Creek Manor (2003)

  • NO, THE OLDER ONE.

    Hydra (2009)

Synonyms

elder
vsolder
  • Archaic
11 4.8

Put after a name to show the person is older than another family member with the same name

is the postnominal word form used in the same way
Sr.
vsolder
  • Specialized
2.9

A title after a man's name that shows he is the older family member with the same name

is the postnominal word form rather than an abbreviation

Compounds

older adult
11 1.7

A person in the later years of life

Surface Forms

older positive

Morphology

older = old (transparent) = old + er

Functionally the same comparative formation; 'older' here is used postnominally but is still the regular comparative of 'old'.

Etymology

Older used after a name comes from the same root old / eald, meaning 'elder'. When you see older after a name it simply marks the 'elder' person with that name, like saying senior.