('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]
(..) In the end, you will always kneel. Not to men like you. There are no men like me. There are always men like you. Look to your elder, people. Let him be an example. You know, the last time I was in Germany, and saw a man standing above everybody else, (..)2012 The Avengers