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View synonyms for eldest

eldest

[ el-dist ]

adjective

  1. oldest; firstborn; of greatest age: eldest sister;

    eldest brother;

    eldest sister;

    eldest born.



eldest

/ ˈɛldɪst /

adjective

  1. being the oldest, esp the oldest surviving child of the same parents
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of eldest1

First recorded before 900; Middle English; Old English eldesta, superlative of eald, ald; old
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Word History and Origins

Origin of eldest1

Old English eldesta, superlative of eald old
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Example Sentences

“I thought about throwing myself down a flight of stairs or have my eldest daughter pounce on top of me,” she said.

The 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.

His 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.

Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.

She is very highly educated, and is preparing her eldest son for the university herself.

The fourth Robert de Brus of Annandale, eldest son of the preceding lord, was born in 1210.

But 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.

Scott'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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