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eldren

eldren is the alternative form of eldern.

Meaning of eldern

Adjective (1)

eldern (comparative more eldern, superlative most eldern)

  1. Elder; elderly; aged; old.
    Synonyms:
    aged
  2. Not new; old; ancient.
    Synonyms:
    aged

Adjective (2)

eldern (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Made of elder wood, or of the elder tree.
    • [T]ruth, a heauen he would diſcharge vs as boyes do elderne guns, one pellet to ſtrike out another: […]c. 1603 (date written), Iohn Marston, The Malcontent, London: […] V[alentine] S[immes] for William Aspley, […], published 1604, →OCLC, Act IV, scene iv

Forms of eldren

comparativemore eldren
superlativemost eldren

Questions about eldren

What is eldren the alternative form of?
Eldren is the alternative form of eldern.

Words near eldren in the dictionary

  1. Eldoret
  2. Eldred
  3. Eldredge
  4. Eldredges
  5. Eldreds
  6. eldren
  7. eldress
  8. eldresses
  9. Eldreth
  10. Eldreths
  11. eldrich

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Adapted from Wiktionary: eldren (page history and authors); eldern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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