('chiefly Brit') You should respect 'your elders and betters'. [=people who are older and more important than you]
('formal') He was my 'elder' by 11 months. [=he was 11 months older than I was]
He was told to respect his 'elders'. [=people who were older than he was]
(..) just a little bit bigger. No. Not slaves. Your women will be slaves. Your sons, your daughters... ...your elders will be slaves! But not you, no. By noon this day you will be dead men. A thousand nations of the Persian Empire descend upon you. Our arrows will blot out the sun. (..)2006 300