Venerated villager Crossword Clue

Of an object, concept, relationship, etc., having existed for a relatively long period of time.

An anagram of the answer is "EDERL"

Can also mean "ELD", "MZEE", "SENIOR", "ANTECESSOR", "FORERUNNER", "ERSTWHILE", "EX-", "FORMER", "ONE-TIME", "PAST", "ANCIENT", "LONG IN THE TOOTH", "AGED", "OF AGE", "AGED", "AGEING", "AGING", "LONG IN THE TOOTH", "ON IN YEARS", "ANTIQUATED", "OBSOLETE", "OUTDATED"

Can be the opposite of "CURRENT", "LATEST", "NEW", "BRAND NEW", "FRESH", "NEW", "YOUNG"

Another clue for the same answer is ___ statesman

The first letter of the answer is "E"