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Older

adjective

1.

Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables). Synonyms: aged, elderly, senior. "Elderly residents could remember the construction of the first skyscraper" , "Senior citizen"

2.

Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son. Synonyms: elder, sr..

3.

Skilled through long experience. Synonym: old. "The older soldiers"

Old

adjective

(compar. older; superl. oldest)

1.

(used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age. "A ripe old age" , "How old are you?"

2.

Of long duration; not new. "Old house" , "Old wine" , "Old country" , "Old friendships" , "Old money"

3.

(used for emphasis) very familiar. "Same old story"

4.

Skilled through long experience. Synonym: older. "The older soldiers"

5.

Belonging to some prior time. Synonyms: erstwhile, former, one-time, onetime, quondam, sometime. "Our former glory" , "The once capital of the state" , "Her quondam lover"

6.

(used informally especially for emphasis). Synonyms: honest-to-god, honest-to-goodness, sure-enough. "Had us a high old time" , "Went upriver to look at a sure-enough fish wheel"

7.

Of a very early stage in development. "Old High German is High German from the middle of the 9th to the end of the 11th century"

8.

Just preceding something else in time or order. Synonym: previous. "My old house was larger"

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"Older" Quotes from Famous Books

... Sylvia tried to smile as she disengaged herself. "I am getting older. I am learning. If—if only I felt happy about Guy, I believe I should get on much better. But—but—" the tears rose to her eyes in spite of her—"he haunts me. I can't rest because of him. I dream about him. ...

— The Top of the World • Ethel M. Dell

... footpads on the heath, and the insolence of the black-guard Cockneys. Their wives are staid dames, learned at the brew-tub and in the buttery,—but not speaking French, nor wearing hoops or patches. A great many of the older exotic plants have become domesticated; and the goodwife has a flaming parterre at her door,—but not valued one half so much as her bed of marjoram and thyme. She may read King James's Bible, or, if a Non-Conformist, Baxter's ...

— Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 73, November, 1863 • Various

... It was the older boy. The man who held the head and shoulders of the child said, "An accident—not ...

— Together • Robert Herrick (1868-1938)

... danger insinuated by the last speaker, who was a much older and more experienced politician than his friend, determined both on a hasty retreat. They adjusted their cloaks, caught hold of each other's arm, and, speaking fast and thick as they started new subjects of suspicion, they sped, close coupled together, towards their habitations, ...

— Waverley Volume XII • Sir Walter Scott

... blackish if placed among twigs of these respective hues. This effect appears to be due to a direct response of the subcutaneous tissue to the rays of light reflected from the surrounding objects. The sensitiveness dies away as the caterpillar grows older, since little or no change of hue in response to a change of environment could be ...

— The Life-Story of Insects • Geo. H. Carpenter

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