elder

(noun) a person who is older than you are. Synonyms: senior.

(noun) any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit. Synonyms: elderberry bush.

(noun) any of various church officers.

(adj) used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son. Synonyms: older, sr.. Examples: "Bill adams, sr.."