elders and betters

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your elders and betters (old-fashioned)

people who are older than you and who should be treated with respect When we were children, we were always taught to respect our elders and betters.

See also: and, better

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Pumblechook, who had an objection to being interrupted; "I mean, enjoying himself with his elders and betters, and improving himself with their conversation, and rolling in the lap of luxury. Great Expectations by Dickens, Charles View in context You're my elders and betters, you know; I was obliged to come when you sent for me. Silas Marner by Eliot, George View in context ud be all very well for Adam Bede to act under him, but it isn't to be supposed the squire 'ud appoint a young fellow like Adam, when there's his elders and betters at hand Adam Bede by Eliot, George View in context			edit out of educate educate for educate in eel effect effigy effing and blinding effort egg egg on eggshell ego eight eighty eighty-six either way eject from eke out elaborate on elbow elbow aside elbow grease elbow out of and elbow out elbow room elders and betters elect elect to element elephant elevate to elevator music eleventh eleventh-hour decision elicit from eliminate from elope with else emanate from emancipate from embark embark for embark on embarrass embarrass about embarrass into doing embarrass with embed in embellish with embezzle from emblazon			Elderly Housing Community Loan Elderly Housing Development and Operations Corporation Elderly Mentally Ill Elderly Mentally Infirm Elderly National Institute elderly neglect Elderly Nutrition Program Elderly Patients with Chronic Atrial Fibrillation Elderly Patients with Postural Hypotension Elderly people Elderly people Elderly people Elderly people Elderly Peoples Home Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage Elderly Physically Disabled elderly primigravida Elderly Services Division Elderly Subjects with Normal Glucose Tolerance Elderly Suicide Elderly Waiver Program Elderly, Blind, and Disabled Elderly-Headed Household Elderly-Onset Elderly-Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis Eldern Elders Elders Elders Elders elders and betters elders of Babylon Elders, M. Joycelyn eldership eldership eldership eldership elderships elderships elderships elderships Elderstreet Millennium Venture Capital Trust Elderstreet Venture Capital Trust PLC Elderwort ELDES eldest eldest Eldest (inheritance) Eldest (inheritance) Eldest deluxe edition Eldest deluxe edition eldest hand ELDF ELDG ELDH ELDI ELDIF Eldikan Elding ELDIS Eldjárn, Kristján

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