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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 pres·by·ter /ˈprɛzbətɚ/
 發起人,牧師,長老

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Pres·by·ter n.
 1. An elder in the early Christian church. See 2d Citation under Bishop, n., 1.
 2. Ch. of Eng.  & Prot. Epis. Ch. One ordained to the second order in the ministry; -- called also priest.
    I rather term the one sort presbyter than priest.   --Hooker.
    New presbyter is but old priest writ large.   --Milton.
 3. Presbyterian Ch. A member of a presbytery whether lay or clerical.
 4. A Presbyterian. [Obs.]
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 presbyter
      n : an elder in the Presbyterian Church