Tribal bigwig (5 letters)

{ Answer }

ELDER

{ Related Clues }

Granddad
Patriarch
Pliny the ___
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Church leader
Church officer
Church official
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Higher-up?
Kind of statesman
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Respected tribesman
Senior Mormon
Tribal leader
Type of berry
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Often-consulted church figure

{ Tags }

advice, bigwig, church, doyen, elder, figure, golfer, kind, leader, lee, member, officer, official, pliny, presbyter, senior, statesman, tree, tribal, vip, vis

{ Notes }

The answer ELDER is seen frequently, appearing about once every 100 puzzles.

{ Definition }

ELDER as a noun:

1. (elder, senior) = a person who is older than you are

2. (elder, elderberry bush) = any of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit

3. any of various church officers

ELDER as an adjective:

1. (elder, older, sr.) = used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son; "Bill Adams, Sr."