eldest

[ el-dist ]
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adjective,a superlative of old, with elder as comparative.
  1. oldest; firstborn; of greatest age: eldest brother; eldest sister;eldest born.

Origin of eldest

1
First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English eldesta, superlative of eald, ald; see old

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eldest

/ (ˈɛldɪst) /


adjective
  1. being the oldest, esp the oldest surviving child of the same parents

Origin of eldest

1
Old English eldesta, superlative of eald old

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