masc. proper name, from Old English Ealdred, literally "great in counsel," from eald "old; great" (from PIE root *al- (2) "to grow, nourish") + ræd "advice, counsel" (see read (v.)).
eld
elder
elderly
eldest
eldorado
Eldred
eldritch
Eleanor
elect
electable
election
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