{ Al″der (a̤l″dẽr), Al″ler (a̤l″lẽr), } a. [From ealra, alra, gen. pl. of AS. eal. The d is excrescent.] Of all; — used in composition; as, alderbest, best of all, alderwisest, wisest of all. Chaucer.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.