eldest
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“I thought about throwing myself down a flight of stairs or have my eldest daughter pounce on top of me,” she said.
Women Share Their Secret Abortion Stories For 1 in 3 Campaign | Brandy Zadrozny | November 20, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe film traces the legacy of the Abiola family, particularly Hafsat Abiola, the eldest daughter of Kudirat and MKO.
As the eldest sister she has played a huge role raising the other girls and her 12-year-old brother.
Hanifa's Story: Her Five Sisters Taken by ISIS to Be Sold or Worse | Christine van den Toorn | August 19, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTHis father turned to the person he trusted most: his eldest son.
Her eldest son, an 18-year-old, is being held separately as an adult in a detention center.
‘We Cannot Return to Guatemala’: An Immigrant Mother’s Plea | Sarah Moga | July 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D. | Clara Erskine ClementShe is very highly educated, and is preparing her eldest son for the university herself.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThe fourth Robert de Brus of Annandale, eldest son of the preceding lord, was born in 1210.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. MurisonBut no, it didn't matter about the eldest son—never mind about him; put him in the City, anywhere as long as he's out of the way.
First Plays | A. A. MilneScott's tomb, that of his wife and their eldest son are in one of the chapels whose vaulted roof still remains in position.
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British Dictionary definitions for eldest
/ (ˈɛldɪst) /
being the oldest, esp the oldest surviving child of the same parents
Origin of eldest
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