('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]
(..) Yeah, really, and thank you very much, Mr. Wolf. Call me Winston. WOLF: You see that, young lady? Respect. Respect for one's elders shows character. I have character. Because you are a character... doesn't mean that you have character. (..)1994 Pulp Fiction