[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

elder \eld"er\, a. as. yldra, compar. of eald old. see old.
   1. older; more aged, or existing longer.
      1913 webster

            let the elder men among us emulate their own earlier
            deeds.                                --jowett
                                                  thucyd. 
      1913 webster

   2. born before another; prior in years; senior; earlier;
      older; as, his elder brother died in infancy; -- opposed
      to younger, and now commonly applied to a son, daughter,
      child, brother, etc.
      1913 webster

            the elder shall serve the younger.    --gen. xxv.
                                                  23.
      1913 webster

            but ask of elder days, earth's vernal hour. --keble.
      1913 webster

   elder hand card playing, the hand playing, or having the
      right to play, first. --hoyle.
      1913 webster
see also:
old younger elder hand 

[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0

elder hand
     n : the card player on the dealer's left syn: eldest hand
see also:
eldest hand 

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